The Biden Administration was caught off guard when many top-secret Pentagon documents were leaked on social media. The Pentagon Intelligence Documents leak has started sending tremors and shockwaves around the world. In fact, the US Secret Service are still investigating the amount of exposure and damage America is facing especially in terms of leaked Ukraine war plans. The Justice Department said it had opened an investigation into the leaks and was in communication with the Defense Department but declined to comment further. The 100s of pages of leaked Pentagon documents have put forward multiple sensitive information in front of the public. The documents included information about a range of topics relating to the war in Ukraine, China, the Middle East, and Africa, with many officials suspecting that they may have been leaked by an American, rather than an ally. Now, the question arises who leaked US Intelligence Documents? To Know continue reading-
Who leaked Pentagon classified documents?
The exact name of the person who leaked the Pentagon documents is yet to be revealed. The United States has launched a multi-agency investigation after highly classified military and intelligence documents containing sensitive information on topics including Ukraine’s defence were leaked online. "The focus now is on this being a US leak, as many of the documents were only in US hands," Michael Mulroy, a former senior Pentagon official was quoted by an American newswire. The investigation is in its early stages, and officials have not ruled out the possibility that pro-Russian elements could be behind the leak. Some Western security experts and US officials have expressed suspicion that the leak, which started anonymously from Discord and 4Chan and was reported by the New York Times last week, could be the work of someone from within the United States.
How did the US secret documents first surface?
The story of how the documents found their way from the messaging platform Discord, to 4Chan and Telegram, has been already revealed by Aric Toler of the investigative open source intelligence group Bellingcat as reported by BBC. Toler says it has not yet been possible to uncover the original source of the leaks, but charts their appearance on a messaging platform popular with gamers in early March. On 4 March, following an argument about the war in Ukraine on a Discord server frequented by players of the computer game Minecraft, one user wrote "here, have some leaked documents", before posting 10 of them. It is an unusual, but hardly unique form of leak.
The classified document is dated February 17. Fox reported that National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby has declined to confirm the validity of the documents, but warned that the material is not for public consumption. It can impact America's relationship with Egypt, one of its closest allies in the Middle East and North Africa. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with El-Sisi in late January in Cairo, after which the State Department issued a statement which said Mr Blinken "expressed the United States' solidarity with Egypt as it contends with the economic impact of Russia's brutal war in Ukraine."
US Pentagon secret documents leaked; 100 pages reveal Egypt's 'HUSH' plan & how many Russians killed