documents spark fear in Russian pro-war blogging community: ISW
Philip Davies, professor of intelligence studies at Brunel University London, told Newsweek on Tuesday that Russian agencies could also be "blending authentic and deceptive materials to achieve credibility and do the maximum amount of damage." Such a move would "highly undermine" information sharing between Ukraine and its Western supporters, she added. In the immediate aftermath, Marina Miron, a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of War Studies at King's College London, told Newsweek that Russian intelligence agencies could be responsible for the leak, intended for a "psychological impact." Newsweek could not independently verify this. CNN reported that the documents first appeared on Discord, with the social media platform telling the outlet it was cooperating with law enforcement. The documents circulated widely on various social media platforms, including 4Chan, Telegram and Twitter, but it has not yet been established just where they came from.
President Joe Biden was briefed last week, according to Kirby. The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the leak.ĭefense Secretary Lloyd Austin was first briefed on what Meagher described as an apparent "unauthorized disclosure of classified material" on April 6. "We are also still trying to assess what might be out there," Meagher said. This includes reviewing how, and to whom, documents of this type are shown. The Pentagon and other agencies are still investigating the source of the leak, and the "scope of the issue," Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Chris Meagher said on Monday. does not know whether the leak has been contained, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday.
"We don't know" whether the leak has been contained, Kirby said on April 10, 2023. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 20, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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