The United States is investigating the leak of information and how two confidential documents about Israel’s attack plan on Iran ended up on social media. “Anonymous source” shared them with the news aggregator.
The United States of America (USA) is investigating a leak of information that could have originated in its secrets and that allowed alleged plans of the possible Israeli attack on Iran It had initially circulated on a Telegram social network account, CNN International and the newspaper Axios reported this Saturday.
The two confidential documents, dated October 15 and 16, began circulating online on Friday on the Middle East Spectator Telegram account. They were shared by American secrets. with partners in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. But not with the countries of the European Union.
One of these documents describes that Israel is moving munitions into its territory. Another highlights that the Israeli air force was involved in exercises with its surface-to-air missiles, which will be a preparation for the attack on Iran, which Tel Aviv guarantees it will carry out.
A North American source told CNN International that this leak of information is “highly worrying.” At the moment, the United States is investigating, starting with understanding who had access to this document and who may have subsequently shared it. It is not yet clear if the FBI is investigating what happened.
— ❗️?????????/??????????/???????? EXCLUSIVE: One of our sources in the US intelligence community has shared with us an extremely sensitive top secret US intelligence document, dated October 15 and 16, detailing Israeli preparations for an extensive attack within Iran: pic.twitter.com/pH53YiJ390
—Middle East Spectator (@Spectator_MENA) October 17, 2024
“If it is true that Israeli tactical plans to respond to the October 1 attack were revealed,”It is a serious violation,” This is confirmed to CNN International by Mick Mulroy, who worked at the CIA. He also highlighted that this filtration could damage “coordination between the United States and Israel”: “Trust is a key component in a relationship.”
For Axios, an American leader also highlighted that the alleged leak of information is worrying, but does not believe it will influence Israel’s plans to attack Iran. In the same newspaper, an Israeli source says that Tel Aviv is already aware of what happened. and that what happened is being taken seriously.
The Middle East Spectator, a news aggregator that claims to work with “independent journalists” and is not linked to “any organization or government,” reacted with a statement on X. The portal noted that it received it from an “anonymous source.” on Telegram two classified North American documents. “We have no connection to who disseminated these documents and have not been able to determine their authenticity.”
Our official statement on the leak of two classified US documents. pic.twitter.com/LgSd4sShJr
—Middle East Spectator (@Spectator_MENA) October 19, 2024
“In addition, we assume that the documents have been widely circulated on Telegram, making them part of the public domain,” continues the news aggregator, which condemns any “attempt” by the United States and Israel to “intimidate Middle Eastern journalists.” “Eastern Spectator.”
Source: Observadora
