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As journalists, too many mundane government documents continue to be classified as top secret, and Americans are often denied the information they should have in the name of protecting national security, so even classified material leaks. I may like it.
But as an American deeply concerned with both the country’s global standing and Ukraine’s survival, I am concerned about the mysterious leak of a cache of hundreds of Pentagon documents marked “Top Secret” and “Top Secret.” But that’s not the most important reason analysts are currently citing.
Yes, this latest unauthorized disclosure could potentially complicate Ukraine’s imminent attack on Russian forces. , could also complicate America’s diplomatic relations with them.
Finally, it could also expose sources and methods to Russia, China, and other US rivals.
US document leak may have come from outside Pentagon: source
But whether or not the leak is as dire as many unnamed U.S. officials claim, WikiLeaks released nearly 700,000 documents, videos, and diplomatic cables showing how Washington conducts its diplomatic business. 13 years later, and 10 years after the National Security Agency contractor. Edward Snowden leaked classified material on surveillance and other intelligence activities, and the overclassification of a large amount of government information continues, and Washington will protect truly sensitive national security information from such leaks. I haven’t been able to do that yet.
Several former senior U.S. officials expressed concern about the latest leak, but said they doubted it would be as devastating as many U.S. officials and journalists claimed.
Pentagon says leak of ‘highly classified material’ is being evaluated by an interagency team
Dov S. Zakheim, who served as Undersecretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, said, “Leaks will only hurt as much as the Biden administration will allow.” The White House responded to reports of Kiev’s missile and munitions shortages by saying, “If we accelerate and expand arms transfers to Ukraine, it will help those who prefer bigger and faster U.S. support to Kiev.” may be helpful for
In that case, he added, “leaked reports of Ukraine’s weakening are, by definition, OBE” or “will be overtaken by the event.” Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned judicial “reforms” and other actions proposed by his more radical coalition partners have prompted him to back down, “much better,” Zakheim said.
Leaked Pentagon Documents Paint a Grim Picture of Ukraine’s Air Defenses
Allies are well aware that the United States and other nations are spying on or attempting to spy on each other, said a former senior military commander, who requested anonymity. Thus, he said the leak that the US was spying on South Korea’s internal discussions about whether to supply Ukraine with weapons and ammunition and their prices was “unhelpful” but “not devastating.” Stated. As for the Ukrainian counterattack, “everyone knows it’s coming. The question is specifically when and where, and the leaked documents don’t answer them,” he added.
Anna Borshevskaya, a Russia expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, agrees. She said it was “embarrassing and embarrassing” the leak of classified information, the largest since Russia’s unilateral invasion of Ukraine, but the leak itself has Russians suspecting Ukrainians are plotting. “There didn’t seem to be anything in these documents that the Russians didn’t already know,” she said.
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Documents began appearing in January on a vague website called Discord, which the Wall Street Journal described as trafficking in “memes, jokes and racist stories,” but the larger The document was not distributed more widely until March when it was picked up by the community. Focuses on the Minecraft computer game. And last week the New York Times published an article about them.
The main damage they appear to be at risk of causing, according to an anonymous former senior military commander, is exposing the sources and methods used by the United States to spy on Russia and others. “This could lead to ‘action by Russia or others’ to close the vulnerability that allowed the United States to gather sensitive information about its plans and capabilities.
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While the Pentagon and intelligence agencies are evaluating the damage, or potential harm, of the leak, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice have launched a major investigation into the leak at the Pentagon’s request.
Whether or not they can identify the sources and motives behind it remains unclear. Unless potentially damaging materials can be protected, such leaks are likely to continue.
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