Us Intelligence

Pentagon Leaks: The questions surrounding access to top-secret documents

The case of Jack Teixeira, a junior Massachusetts airman, in the leaking of classified documents raises broader questions about whether the term ‘top secret’ is actually even secret, and whether national security agencies have allowed their sensitive material to drift too far afield

Pentagon Leaks: How the FBI tracked down and arrested Jack Teixeira, 21-year-old suspect in US intel leak

It was a dramatic day for the restive town of North Dighton in Massachusetts when FBI authorities arrested 21-year-old Jack Teixeira from his house. A member of the US Air Force, he was reading a book on his patio as agents swooped in to nab him for leaking highly classified documents

He is fond of guns and god, sceptical of US: The man responsible for Pentagon leaks

The US is struggling with the repercussions of the biggest intelligence leak in a decade. But who is responsible for it? Investigations reveal that a man who goes by the name OG on Discord is the brain behind the leak. In his 20s, he worked on a military base, giving him access to the documents

Pentagon Leaks: How a video game chatroom is at the heart of the massive US intelligence leak

The US has begun an investigation into how hundreds of classified documents found their way on social media platforms. An independent probe show that before these documents surfaced on Twitter, Telegram, they were circulating on a stranger place — Discord, a messaging platform popular with gamers

The Pentagon Leaks: Who leaked the US classified documents and what has been revealed?

Over 100 documents containing US classified information have been leaked on various social media platforms. The leak believed to be emerging from the Pentagon details the losses sustained by Russia and Ukraine in the war and also how Washington has been spying on Moscow and its allies

Drone incident hindered US intelligence gathering related to Ukraine war, says senior military official

A decision by President Joe Biden’s administration to reroute drone flights over the Black Sea to avoid provoking a direct conflict with Russian forces has curtailed intelligence gathering on the Ukraine crisis, a senior US military official has said.

Pentagon accused of blocking effort to hand Russia war crimes evidence to ICC

The Biden White House and State Department have advocated working with the ICC to hold Russian forces accountable for extensive war crimes, but the Defense Department has a staunch opposition on the grounds that the precedent could one day be used against US soldiers

Explained: The truth behind mysterious ailment Havana Syndrome afflicting US officials and spies since 2016

Since 2016, several US officials and spies have been struck by Havana Syndrome, sparking fear that Russia or another country was targeting America. However, a new assessment by intelligence agencies has stated that the mysterious ailment cannot be linked to a foreign adversary

‘Spy balloon part of wider Chinese snooping plan, dozens flown since 2018’: US

The balloon programme, being run out of the Hainan province in southern China has been operational for several years. It had collected information on the military assets of countries of strategic interest to China; India, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam and Philippines

North Korea accuses US for raising 'plot breeding story' on alleged arms supply to Russia

In September, US officials confirmed a newly downgraded US intelligence finding that Russia was in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea. North Korea later dismissed that report