Posted on 10/22/2024 10:17:55 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The documents began circulating on Friday on the Telegram app, and U.S. officials are looking for the original source of the leak.
The F.B.I. is investigating a leak of highly classified documents that appear to show Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran for a missile attack earlier this month, the agency confirmed on Tuesday.
The documents were prepared by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which is responsible for analyzing images and information collected by American spy satellites. The N.G.A. is part of the United States intelligence community and conducts sensitive work in support of clandestine and military operations.
The information in the documents is highly classified and details interpretations of satellite imagery that shed light on a possible strike by Israel on Iran. They began circulating on Friday on the Telegram app. U.S. officials have previously said they did not know from where the documents had been taken, and that they were looking for the original source of the leak.
In a statement, the F.B.I. said it was “working closely with our partners in the Department of Defense and intelligence community. As this is an ongoing investigation, we have no further comment.” The bureau is responsible for investigating violations of the Espionage Act, which outlaws the unauthorized retention of defense-related information that could harm the United States or aid a foreign adversary.
Israel has made it clear it intends to retaliate for an Iranian missile barrage on Oct. 1. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the strike was launched after the assassinations of Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in Lebanon; Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, killed in Tehran in July; and an Iranian commander. U.S. officials believe the strike could take place in the coming days.
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The feral government leaked it on purpose.
Looks like the evidence will go to the FIB to die.
Sure, as if the FBI is going to Finger Kamala. Aren’t they still looking for the SCOTUS leaker??????
Ewwwwwwww! Gross!
Seriously though, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the FBI came out and said that the leaker was on their radar.
No one does a coverup like the FBI. Well, maybe the CIA.
Did they show Israel using nukes?
If I was a bettin’ man I’d bet that the FBI will point to an unsavory band of Christian nationalist Trump supporters trying to undermine wemen’s health while trampling minority rights like the anti-semites they are.
Investigating? Ha. I’ll tell you the results now... they were unable to identify the culprit.
“Iranian American leaked Iran strike plans’. Sky News Arabic identifies Ariane Tabatabai, senior Pentagon staffer with access to highly classified secrets.
A senior staffer in the office of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was identified as the leaker of the classified documents dealing with the Israeli preparations for an attack on Iran, Sky News Arabic reported on Tuesday, quoting a senior Pentagon Source.
The suspected staffer was identified as Ariane Tabatabai, an Iranian American who works as the Bureau Chief to Austin’s aid for special operations and was authorized to have access to very secret information.”
Trump announced earlier that he is refusing national intelligence briefings because he thought if there was a leak he would be accused of leaking. So, of course, when this happened the dirtbag “analysts” came out accusing Trump of leaking. What a bunch of scumbags.
Anyway. it was from someone in the State Department. The same administration that gave Iran billions and has been trying to prevent Israel from going after the terrorists.
The FBI has no time to investigate the SCOTUS leaker as they are overwhelmed hunting down who brought the cocaine into the White House.
The amount of sotoreo former employees permeate our federal agencies...this horrendous action will die off and be swept under the rug as our unelected illegal government continues to undermine our republic in every way imaginable. Would you expect anything less from a man who was corrected on his faith while being interviewed by stephanopolous? (i will never forget that)
Just get Traitor Roberts to run the leak investigation.
I hear he knows all about Deep Sixing that type of investigation.
The feral government leaked it on purpose.
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Someone in the deep state (the bureaucracy) did.
3 million people work for the federal government.
While on a small fraction of them have clearance, all it takes is one person with an agenda.
Look at how many hundreds of times people in the government leak stuff from the Trump administration and there was never even a whiff of a real investigation.
There are swamp creatures all over perfectly happy to take it upon themselves to decide what should stay protected and what should be leaked, and the only time anything will be done about it is when the people with their hands on the real power decide it hurts them (IE: selective investigations and selective prosecutorial power)
Sullivan. Bookmark this.
remember when Obama had valerie Jerrit as his top advisor and muslim brotherhood running all thru his administration. Now this guy has an Iranian they are either extremely stupid or doing it on purpose
Mary McCord works for Jack Smith’s “get Trump” team. She has been involved with every Lawfare effort directed against President Trump, including interfacing with Fani Willis as part of the Bennie Thompson/Liz Cheney J6 Investigation. Her husband, Sheldon Snook is working deep in the office of John Roberts.
I believe Snook and McCord are the USSC leakers.
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