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Leaked Pentagon papers predict Ukraine air defenses will be exhausted by MAY 23

The Pentagon has said it has launched an investgation into the leaked documents, which also included nationally sensitive material on China and the Middle East as well as Ukraine.

Daily Mirror · Apr 10, 2023

Pentagon’s leaked docs show Russia and China’s reach in Latin America and the Caribbean

A recent leak of U.S. classified intelligence reports appears to confirm what many Latin America and Caribbean watchers have warned about in recent years: Russia and China are trying to gain a foothold amid waning U.S. leadership.

Miami Herald · Apr 10, 2023

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 · Apr 10, 2023

DOJ is probing leaked defense documents on Ukraine, allies

The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the leak of highly classified Pentagon documents that revealed how the U.S. spies on other countries, including an assessment of weaknesses in Ukraine’s military.

Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2023

US searches for source of intelligence leak of Ukraine war plans

US officials are searching for the source of a security breach as highly classified documents were allegedly leaked over the past few weeks on social media platforms. Showing war-sensitive details on Ukraine's military defences as the embattled nation prepares to launch a counteroffensive against Russian forces, the documents drew international…

France 24 · Apr 10, 2023

First Thing: Trump bets indictments could make him 2024 nominee

Ex-president hopes his legal woes will harden support from his base, but general election voters may recoil at his felony charges. Plus, a historian’s view of tying the knot

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2023

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.

Reuters · Apr 10, 2023

How will the Ukraine document investigation work? A former DOJ 'leak czar' explains

Brandon Van Grack, who led the Justice Department's probe into Edward Snowden, says the priority has to be finding the source of the leak and ensuring there aren't any more coming.

WEKU · Apr 10, 2023

US Scrambles to Trace Source of Highly Classified Intel Leak

Classified documents that appeared online, with details ranging from Ukraine's air defenses to Israel's Mossad spy agency, have US officials scrambling to identify the leak's source, with some experts saying it could be an American. Officials say the breadth of topics addressed in the documents, which touch on the war…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia nearly shot down British spy plane near Ukraine, alleged leaked US document claims – as it happened

Near miss occurred off coast of Crimea in September 2022, according to apparent leak of Pentagon documents

The Guardian - AU · Apr 10, 2023