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gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 07:37 PM Apr 2023

New Batch of Classified Documents Appears on Social Media Sites

Secret documents that appear to detail American national security secrets on Ukraine, the Middle East and China have surfaced online.

WASHINGTON — A new batch of classified documents that appear to detail American national security secrets from Ukraine to the Middle East to China surfaced on social media sites on Friday, alarming the Pentagon and adding turmoil to a situation that seemed to have caught the Biden administration off guard.

The scale of the leak — analysts say more than 100 documents may have been obtained — along with the sensitivity of the documents themselves, could be hugely damaging, U.S. officials said. A senior intelligence official called the leak “a nightmare for the Five Eyes,” in a reference to the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, the so-called Five Eyes nations that broadly share intelligence.

The latest documents were found on Twitter and other sites on Friday, a day after senior Biden administration officials said they were investigating a potential leak of classified Ukrainian war plans, include an alarming assessment of Ukraine’s faltering air defense capabilities. One slide, dated Feb. 23, is labeled “Secret/NoForn,” meaning it was not meant to be shared with foreign countries.

Mick Mulroy, a former senior Pentagon official, said the leak of the classified documents represents “a significant breach in security” that could hinder Ukrainian military planning. “As many of these were pictures of documents, it appears that it was a deliberate leak done by someone that wished to damage the Ukraine, U.S., and NATO efforts,” he said.


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/us/politics/classified-documents-leak.html

Hmmm... I wonder who could have leaked these?

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New Batch of Classified Documents Appears on Social Media Sites (Original Post) gldstwmn Apr 2023 OP
Who benefits and how? Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #1
There are plenty of people now in the majority in the House lapfog_1 Apr 2023 #2
Bingo. I was thinking of the House Armed Services gldstwmn Apr 2023 #3
GOP members of congress have access to classified intel. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #7
Republicans benefit angrychair Apr 2023 #4
The GOP commits treason every single day. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #8
I wonder how much Trump got for them? CanonRay Apr 2023 #5
How would Trump have classified docs about the Ukraine war with Russia? MichMan Apr 2023 #10
I was being facetious CanonRay Apr 2023 #11
There was an earlier thread with multiple people making the same claim MichMan Apr 2023 #12
These types of tracks are covered quickly and routinely. Baked Potato Apr 2023 #6
Coincidence? NowISeetheLight Apr 2023 #9

lapfog_1

(29,223 posts)
2. There are plenty of people now in the majority in the House
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 07:42 PM
Apr 2023

who are ardent supporters of Trump... and Putin

Irish_Dem

(47,382 posts)
7. GOP members of congress have access to classified intel.
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 08:03 PM
Apr 2023

Or know people who do.

And plenty of Trump supporters working in the US government.

angrychair

(8,733 posts)
4. Republicans benefit
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 07:44 PM
Apr 2023

It's not an accident that it was all released to just Twitter either.

That its never happened before and then just months after Republicans take control of the House it starts showing up on Twitter and that Musk is refusing to do anything about it.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
6. These types of tracks are covered quickly and routinely.
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 07:58 PM
Apr 2023

Secret/NoForn could be slapped on a simple manifest listing food distributed to a country.

US Intel could stage a “leak” lol. Or not.


NowISeetheLight

(3,943 posts)
9. Coincidence?
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 08:13 PM
Apr 2023

I don’t believe it. The fact this happened now and not before would seem to indicate it’s a RepubQcan breach. A full PUBIC investigation needs to be conducted.

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