Highly classified military and intelligence 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
An aerial view of the Pentagon , Potomac River and Washington Monument in Washington August 31, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed
U.S. officials said the investigation is in its early stages and those running it have not ruled out the possibility that pro-Russian elements were behind the leak, which is seen as one of the most serious security breaches since more than 700,000 documents, videos and diplomatic cables appeared on the WikiLeaks website in 2013.
The Pentagon has referred the issue to the Department of Justice, which has opened a criminal investigation. The document said the U.S. learned this through signals intelligence, suggesting the United States had been spying on one of its most important allies in the Middle East., Netanyahu's office described the assertion as "mendacious and without any foundation whatsoever."
Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that while there was concern about the leak at the Pentagon and intelligence agencies, the documents showed a snapshot in time from more than a month ago, rather than more recent assessments.
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