April 8, 2023, 10:02 PM
April 8, 2023, 10:02 PM
The United States Department of Justice reported on Saturday that it has launched an investigation into a series of leaked documents, many of them related to Ukraine, which have been disseminated on the Internet.
Apparently, the leak includes secret intelligence assessments and reports that not only affect Ukraine and Russia, but also very sensitive analyzes of US allies.
“We have been in communication with the Department of Defense regarding this matter and have started an investigation“said a Justice Department spokesman.
A constant trickle of leaked documents and slides has been posted on Twitter, Telegram, Discord and other social networks and chat sites for several days.
The Pentagon stated Friday that it was “actively reviewing the matter” and that he had referred this case to the Department of Justice.
US officials told The Washington Post that some documents had been tampered with, but that many others were consistent with the CIA World Intelligence Review reports that are shared at a high level within the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department.
Defense analysts say the leak of documents of this kind is valuable for Moscow by demonstrating the extent to which US intelligence has penetrated the Russian military apparatus, according to US media.
Other documents contain information about the internal debate in the governments of America’s allies.
Among the documents, for example, were discussions about the debate in South Korea on whether to provide the United States with artillery shells for use in Ukraine, The New York Times said.
