The Pentagon in Washington. The leaked documents from the Department of Defense prompted the United States to open an investigation by the FBI and the Department of Justice. JOSHUA ROBERTS/REUTERS
STORY – Dozens of classified reports on Ukraine, Israel or South Korea have been published on social networks.
Washington Correspondent
The United States is facing the biggest leak of confidential information since the Snowden affair in 2013. The appearance on the internet of dozens of classified documents from the Pentagon has prompted the opening of an investigation by the FBI and the Ministry of Justice to determine its origin.
The documents contain detailed analyzes of the war in Ukraine, which give an idea of the extent of American penetration of Russian military plans, but also of communications interceptions, sometimes to the detriment of countries allied with the United States such as Israel and the South Korea.
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In all, a hundred photographs of confidential documents have been published on various websites for several weeks. Some of it has been uploaded to Russian Telegram channels, and sometimes altered, but most of the material appears to be authentic. The first appeared on Discord, a forum used by players of Minecraft and other games…
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