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Pentagon leaks: how much damage will they cause?

The worst US national security breach in years could help Moscow – and prompt friction with Washington’s allies

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: Pentagon leaks paint gloomy picture of long war that can’t be won but must not be lost

Classified Pentagon documents leaked last week paint a grim picture of the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. While it may well be the most significant national security breach since the Snowden leaks of US National Security Agency material a decade ago, the fact that the leak occurred is almost…

The Conversation

Bipartisan US Efforts to Strengthen Relations with Saudi Arabia

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently phoned Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, while senior Republican senator Lindsey Graham visited him, highlighting a growing bipartisan interest in strengthening the historical ties between the US and the Kingdom. Recent interactions between senior Saudi leaders and both Democratic and…

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Big U.S. intelligence leak was by gun enthusiast in 20s -Washington Post

The person who leaked U.S. classified documents prompting a national security investigation is a gun enthusiast in his 20s who worked on a military base, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing fellow members of an online chat group.

Reuters

US praises Yemen progress in call with Saudi crown prince

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan praised the peace efforts and offered ‘full US support for those efforts’.

Al Jazeera

As the west tries to limit TikTok’s reach, what about China’s other apps?

With government concerns over national security growing, Beijing’s influence over platforms such as WeChat and Shein could come under scrutiny

The Guardian - UK

White House's Sullivan and Saudi crown prince discuss Yemen, Iran

(Corrects to restore dropped word 'after' in paragraph 3)

Reuters

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US official: Top Biden aide holds call with MBS on Yemen war

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke by phone with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday amid signs that the Saudis and Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen are making “significant progress” toward finding a permanent end to their nine-year conflict

The Independent UK

Senior MI5 agent will become first female boss at GCHQ in its 100-year existence

Anne Keast-Butler, who has spent 30 years in national security, will take over as head of the British listening station in Cheltenham, Glos, next month

Daily Mirror

First female director of GCHQ announced

Anne Keast-Butler will be the first woman to hold the top job

Manchester Evening News

US Pentagon Says Classified Document Leak 'Serious Risk to National Security'

The leak of highly sensitive US documents – many of them related to the Ukraine conflict – presents a "very serious" risk to US national security, the Pentagon said Monday. The breach is being investigated by the Justice Department and appears to include secret information on the war in Ukraine…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Minecraft oddly finds itself in the middle of a US national security issue

Minecraft, the world's most popular game, played an unlikely role in the reported leak of classified US documents.

Windows Central

Pentagon documents leak sparks US national security fears

White House national security spokesman says it remains unknown if document leak has been contained as probe continues.

Al Jazeera

Leaked documents a 'very serious' risk to security: Pentagon

The Pentagon says online leaks of scores of highly classified documents about the Ukraine war present a “very serious” risk to national security and senior leaders are quickly taking steps to mitigate the damage

The Independent UK

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Tribune News Service

Highly sensitive classified documents were leaked, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON — “Highly classified sensitive” information that poses “a very serious risk to national security” was made public in a leak of documents that provide details of U.S. spying on other countries, including an assessment of weaknesses in Ukraine’s military, according to the Pentagon.

The Guardian - US

Leak of secret US defense papers could be ‘tip of the iceberg’, report says

Disclosure already represents worst national security breach in years, and analysts suggest damage to US could get worse

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin, Asked if Russia behind US Intelligence Leaks, Says Moscow Is Always Blamed for Everything

The Kremlin said on Monday that there was a general tendency to always blame Russia for everything when asked about accusations that Moscow may have been behind a leak of US intelligence documents about a number of countries including Ukraine. The US national security community is grappling with fallout from…

Reuters

U.S. officials review intel sharing after damaging leak

U.S. national security agencies are reviewing how they share their most sensitive secrets inside the U.S. government, and dealing with the diplomatic fallout from the release of dozens of confidential documents, three U.S. officials said.

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Tehran Urges Moscow to Accelerate Efforts to Reduce Impact of Dollar

Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani urged Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special assistant, Igor Levitin, to speed up the path of reducing the influence of the dollar in economic exchanges.

The Guardian - UK

Crises on multiple fronts threaten Benjamin Netanyahu’s grip on power

Support for prime minister wanes as his ‘plot to overturn Israel’s democracy’ is seen as threat to national security

Reuters

Pakistan to launch new military operation against Islamist militants -statement

Pakistan plans to launch a new nationwide operation to root out Islamist militants, the national security committee said on Friday, in a potentially costly move for a country already facing full-blown economic and political crises.

The Independent UK

Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump

An interagency review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Joe Biden was “severely constrained” by the decisions of his predecessor

Bangkok Post

US's semiconductor subsidy is counterproductive

Last year's US CHIPS and Science Act created large subsidies for investments in domestic semiconductor fabrication facilities (fabs) because microchips are essential to the US economy and national security. But while no one disputes the importance of chips (which are used in everything from cruise missiles to refrigerators), there are…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

China plans to ban rare earth magnet exports

BEIJING -- China is considering banning the export of technologies used to produce high-performance rare earth magnets deployed in electric vehicles, wind turbine motors and other products, citing "national security" as a reason, it has been learned.

Newslaundry

Dubious links, ‘anti-establishment’: Govt’s reasons for MediaOne ban, and how SC shot them down

The central government used the “plea of national security to deny the rights of citizens” and impinged upon MediaOne’s right to a fair hearing.

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