NYT WORLD: What Do Leaked U.S. Intelligence Reports Say? Here Is a Quick Guide.
By Eric Nagourney
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: April 9, 2023 at 03:00AM
Days after U.S. intelligence documents, some marked “top secret,” were found circulating on social media, questions remain about how dozens of pages from Pentagon briefings became public and how much stock to put in them.
Here is what we know about the documents.
Are the documents real?
Yes, officials say — at least, for the most part.
U.S. officials are alarmed at the exposure of secret information, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is working to determine the source of the leak.
Some of the documents appear to have been altered, officials say. It is unclear who doctored the reports or why they did so. Whatever the reason, some of the material, military analysts say, overstates American estimates of Ukrainian war dead and understates how many Russian troops have been killed since Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor last year.
By Eric Nagourney
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: April 9, 2023 at 03:00AM
Many questions remain about the classified documents that have been dribbling onto the web.
Leak or hack? Information or disinformation? A coup for Russia or a ploy by the United States?Days after U.S. intelligence documents, some marked “top secret,” were found circulating on social media, questions remain about how dozens of pages from Pentagon briefings became public and how much stock to put in them.
Here is what we know about the documents.
Are the documents real?
Yes, officials say — at least, for the most part.
U.S. officials are alarmed at the exposure of secret information, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is working to determine the source of the leak.
Some of the documents appear to have been altered, officials say. It is unclear who doctored the reports or why they did so. Whatever the reason, some of the material, military analysts say, overstates American estimates of Ukrainian war dead and understates how many Russian troops have been killed since Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor last year.
Read More at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/leaked-documents-ukraine-russia-war.html
Ukraine War: What can the alleged leaked documents tell us?Philip Ingram, Former British Army Intelligence and Security Officer, has addressed secret documents disclosing the reinforcement of Ukraine's forces ahead of a new offensive against Russia which appear to have been leaked online.
He said the documents "doctored the figures to Russian dead to 17,500 and the original document, if it is accurate itself, was significantly more than that".
The US defence department is investigating who is responsible for the potentially damaging leak, which comprised screenshots of classified military documents posted on Twitter and Telegram.
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