“A nightmare” publishing American secret documents

Two days after the online publication of classified American documents as secrets has sparked debate over the huge damage caused by their very delicate content. According to American media, these documents contain data on Ukraine's weapons supplies and the spending of ammunition -- they also provide details about the strength of Ukrainian troops and their positions. According to “New reports The York Times” they also contain data on NATO and US plans to support Kiev in a possible offensive against Russia in the spring.

And according to the “Washington Post” along with information for Ukraine, secret analysis has been published for other countries, such as China and Israel. The documents detail how they collect information from American secret services and on which sources are based. This look within the practice of working American secret services can be very valuable to China and Russia. Moscow can understand how undercover its security device is by American spies and closing down its weaknesses. A former U.S. Secret Service official has been talking about “a nightmare”.

Several Possible Manufactured Documents

It's unclear if all the documents are true. Representatives of the U.S. government have basically confirmed the authenticity of the documents, according to CNN. But “Washington Post” reports on the basis of resources from government circles, that at least some documents are manipulated. This matches the investigation network records. Experts on this network have discovered that at least some documents are clearly manipulated.

It's also unclear who's behind the publication. The documents appeared in early March on the preferred platform of “gamer” Internet game players Discard later spread to Imageboard 4Chan. Eventually, they spread to twitter and Russian TV channels. Much of the documents were quickly erased. The U.S. Justice Ministry has launched investigations. Probably thousands of U.S. authorities' employees have had access to documents, said a Pentagon employee for “Washington Post”.

Ukraine's Reaction

According to reactions from Ukraine publishing such documents have no impact on the course of war. Kiev reacted calmly, and it refers to a common “secret service games”. Russia itself has forged documents to decide a question between the West and Ukraine, according to Kiev.

Despite these reactions stand the alarming statements of American authorities and secret services. The head of the American institute, Silverado Police Accllerator, Dimitri Alperovitch, told the newspaper “Washington Post” that documents can bring damage. True, they do not have concrete assault plans, but they give Moscow information on the type and quantity of Western weapons and the army that uses these weapons. This is important information on Ukraine's protective capacity.

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