Highly classified Pentagon documents leaked online in recent weeks have provided a rare window into how the US spies on allies and foes alike, deeply rattling US officials, who fear the revelations could jeopardize sensitive sources and compromise important foreign relationships.
Highly classified Pentagon documents leaked online in recent weeks have provided a rare window into how the U.S. spies on allies and foes alike, deeply rattling U.S. officials, who fear the revelations could jeopardize sensitive sources and compromise important foreign relationships.
Ukraine has already altered some of its military plans because of the leak, a source close to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told CNN. The leak has also led the Pentagon to take steps to tighten the flow of such highly sensitive documents, officials said, which are normally available on any given day to hundreds of people across the government.
While spying is an inevitable part of how the U.S. intelligence community collects information globally, diplomats from some of the countries mentioned told CNN it was frustrating -- and harmful to the U.S. reputation -- to see that information exposed publicly. A second Five Eyes nation official expressed concern about the leaked Ukraine war information handicapping the country on the battlefield.
The U.S. intelligence report, which is sourced to signals intelligence, says that Zelenskyy in late February "suggested striking Russian deployment locations in Russia's Rostov Oblast" using unmanned aerial vehicles, since Ukraine does not have long-range weapons capable of reaching that far. Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said on his Telegram channel Friday that he believes the documents that have been disseminated are inauthentic, have "nothing to do with Ukraine's real plans" and are based on "a large amount of fictitious information" disseminated by Russia.
Officials from other countries also plan to raise the matter with Washington, but they have not had those conversations yet as they wait to see what the Biden administration says about the leaked documents in the coming days, multiple diplomats said. Another classified document, also sourced to signals intelligence, offers a window into how the US assesses its allies' policies -- and how the US can exert its influence to change them.
Much of the information about Russia was gathered via intercepted communications, raising concerns that the Russians might now change their method of communication to better conceal their planning.
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