The United States Department of Justice has opened an investigation to identify the person who is behind a massive leak of classified documents related to the war in Ukraine, the actions of adversaries but also of allies of the United States, and published this week on social networks.
The American press unveiled, on Sunday April 9, new ultra-sensitive information revealed by these documents. On the war in Ukraine first, they show the extent and precision of the intelligence that is collected in the United States, according to the New York Times. The American services would thus be able to be informed in advance about the targets of the Russian bombardments. Particularly valuable information for Ukraine, but these documents also show, according to the American daily, that the Americans spy on the staff and the Ukrainian leaders.
Other information in the documents only indirectly concerns Ukraine: for example, the alleged attempts by the Wagner group to buy arms from Turkey through Mali. Or information on the debate within the South Korean government regarding the delivery of ammunition to Ukraine.
Finally, there is information that has nothing to do with Ukraine, especially on the situation in Israel. According to these documents, the CIA would thus have collected elements on the support given by Mossad officials to the fight against the reform of justice.
Weak sources
The dissemination of this ultra-sensitive information on the Internet will undoubtedly have major consequences. First, in terms of trust. If the United States was able to leak this information, its allies will be more reluctant to entrust their intelligence to them. The sources that the American services use, in particular in Russia, could also be threatened. For the washington post, the leaks show how far the American services were able to penetrate within the Russian army and the military intelligence services. Which could help Russia identify and neutralize them.
Unless, of course, all these documents are forgeries. THE washington post as the New York Times claim, however, that several high-ranking US officials have authenticated at least some of the documents.