The Pentagon, Justice Department and other arms of the federal government scrambled Monday to track down the source of a major classified documents leak and to limit the widening fallout in the U.S. and in allied capitals around the world, from Jerusalem to Seoul.
The collateral damage from the leak — one of the most serious disclosures of sensitive information in years — has quickly spread far beyond American shores. Biden administration officials said they’re in contact with allies amid signs that the individuals behind the leak are intentionally trying to sow dissension between the U.S. and its closest partners.
The documents appear to have been first posted to social media sites in early March but went virtually unnoticed until a New York Times article last Friday. The document dump contained more than 100 images of government papers with classification markings posted to social media sites, including Twitter.
At home, the incident has sparked a major government-wide investigation. But the potential damage extends across the globe. In South Korea, government officials said they’ll speak with their American counterparts about revelations that the U.S. apparently gathered signals intelligence related to South Korea’s internal debate over weapons sales to the U.S., and Seoul’s fears that those weapons would ultimately end up in Ukraine.
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