Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns stated that he was evaluating the leak of secret Pentagon documents to the media, adding that the US government took the situation very seriously. It has been reported DEA News.
The US government takes this very seriously. The Pentagon and the Justice Department launched a thorough investigation to get to the bottom of what happened,” he said.
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Prior to this, it was learned that US senators had requested a confidential briefing necessary to discuss the leaking of classified documents. This was reported by Fox News channel citing Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer.
Politico writes that the US is trying to find a way to reassure Kiev and its European allies after classified information from the Pentagon surfaced online.