The leaking of secret Pentagon documents on the war in Ukraine, which has emerged on social media in recent days, casts a shadow over the activities of the US intelligence. The new leak of top-secret documents to social media, a sensational flaw despite Russia’s suspicions of manipulation, has baffled the White House and alarmed intelligence for fears of burning its resources and having diplomatic ramifications.
Allies targeted by US intelligence
This time, the cards, which in some cases are too secret to be shared with even the closest allies, concern not only Ukrainian plans, but also other sensitive files at the heart of US security: China, the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East (especially Israel and Mossad leaders) and terrorism. According to the New York Times, the United States also spies on allied countries, reaffirming America’s powerful capacity to penetrate the military and security apparatus of not only Russia but also various countries.
According to the newspaper, the fact that the intelligence eventually targeted Ukrainian political and military leaders illustrates Washington’s difficulty in having a clear vision of Ukraine’s war strategies. However, South Korea is under the special attention of the Pentagon, above all with regard to Seoul’s decision to send deadly aid to Kiev. According to the newspaper, the leak has already complicated relations with the allies and raises questions about America’s ability to keep secrets, while revelations of allies spying could damage diplomatic relations.
What do the classified documents say?
The second ‘leak’ includes more than 100 documents from various agencies, though all compiled by Pentagon staff, that surfaced on the anonymous website 4chan and then on other social networks including Twitter: State Department to NSA, CIA to the geospatial intelligence agency that analyzes satellite images.
The Department of Justice launched an investigation following the Defense’s internal investigation, which tried to determine who might have seen these cards and had already changed the way personnel access them. Given that these are photographs of printed maps and presentation slides (as during the Cold War), and that confidential documents can only be printed on approved systems, there is likely to be some documentary record of who handled them.
As for documents related to Kiev, it is likely that the documents were not published by Ukrainians because they do not have access to certain plans that bear the stamp of the offices, according to a national security official contacted by the New York Times. Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff.
A hypothesis to be supported by the fact that the second leak also contained other non-Ukrainian files. A senior US intelligence official described the leak, dubbed the US-UK intelligence-sharing alliance, as “a nightmare for Five Eyes”.
Australia, New Zealand and Canada. An analyst at the NYT warned that this is “the tip of the iceberg.” According to Mick Mulroy, a former Pentagon official, “Ukraine appears to be a deliberate leak by someone who wants to harm the efforts of the United States and NATO.”
Moscow’s claims
Such a leak, posted on social media and made available worldwide, risks undermining intelligence sharing between the United States and Ukraine. Yesterday, top secret US and NATO plans for Ukraine came to an end on social media, raising suspicions about US intelligence flaws.
Moscow and Kiev accuse each other of disinformation: for Russian pro-war bloggers Western 007 has a hand, for Ukraine it is an attempt by the Kremlin to undermine the impending enemy counterattack. But, according to experts, the documents appear to be at least partially authentic, despite strong suspicions that the Russian side is making manipulations, for example, to reduce the Russian casualty estimate and increase the number of Ukrainian troops. In that case, it would be the first embarrassing public coup d’etat by Moscow intelligence, after the American 007s had ever ruled the game by anticipating the Kremlin’s plans and relaying information to Kiev to hit enemy targets.
But Volodymr Zelensky does not take the new threat lightly, and when he met military leaders on Friday, he discussed not only next steps, but also “new measures to prevent leaks of information regarding the plans of the Ukrainian forces.”
Source: Today IT

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