« on: October 25, 2024, 12:13:52 PM »
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3199057/pentagon-denies-official-responsible-iran-leak-involved/The Pentagon has denied allegations linking a specific department staffer to the leaks of two purported classified documents that held sensitive information related to Israel’s expected retaliation against Iran.
Two documents purportedly from U.S. government agencies, the National Security Agency and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, on Israel’s expected response began circulating online last week. The documents include sensitive information that reveals indications of how Israel intended to respond, though the leak may have forced the country to alter its response.
U.S. officials have not confirmed the authenticity of the documents but have indicated their veracity.
On Tuesday, Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen Patrick Ryder denied that Ariane Tabatabai, the chief of staff to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict Christopher Maier, is responsible for the leaks. Foreign outlets have pointed the finger at her, while her name has spread on social media.
snip to most distrubing part of this story IMHO
Tabatabai, an Iranian academic, was reportedly part of a Tehran influence operation known as the Iran Experts Initiative. In October last year, Maier told the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in the wake of Semafor’s reporting, “We are actively looking into whether all law and policy was properly followed in granting my chief of staff top secret, special compartmented information.”
Buried in a buried story, a high ranking DOD staffer with top secret security clearance allegedly has ties to an Iranian propaganda operation.
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Romans 6:17-18 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
