US investigates release of classified documents on Israel attack plans

The documents are attributed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, and note that Israel was still moving military assets to carry out a military strike in response to Israel’s blistering ballistic missile attack. Iran on October 1. “Five Eyes”, which are the United States, Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

The documents, classified top secret, were posted on the messaging app Telegram and first reported Saturday by CNN and Axios. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

The investigation is also examining how the documents were obtained – including whether it was an intentional leak by a member of the US intelligence community or whether they were obtained through another method, such as hacking – and whether other intelligence information was compromised, one of the officials said. . As part of that investigation, officials are working to determine who had access to the documents before they were released, the official said.