Anonymous ID: 46b609 April 12, 2023, 11:22 a.m. No.18684112   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4130 >>4135 >>4171

Strange That 'Pentagon Files' Were Released on Gaming Site Rather Than to Journalists or WikiLeaks

 

The apparent Pentagon leak seems to be legitimate and has to some extent hurt the US, says author and journalist Daniel Lazare, adding that the alleged whistleblower used photographs rather than the original documents, apparently to disguise their origin.

 

The scandal over the alleged Pentagon leak is raging on, with a National Security Council spokesman admitting that some documents appeared to be genuine, while others were altered. The files in question contain a wide variety of information, including Ukraine war plans; Washington's spying on its allies and adversaries alike; and its allies' concerns about the possibility of being dragged into a conflict with Russia. Some observers don't rule out that the entire episode is a covert operation. Meanwhile, the Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leak, while the Pentagon has signaled that it is taking steps to restrict access to classified documents. The dump prompted a heated debate over the veracity of the docs and the forces behind the leak.

 

"I'm inclined to think they're legitimate," Daniel Lazare told Sputnik. "How's that for a waffle? I mean, I think I haven't seen any strong evidence that they're not. So I assume they are. But there's always a possibility that someone is playing a trick on somebody else. As [for] the damage to the US, I don't think it's very great, but I think it does. In a few instances it could be significant. I mean, the stuff on Israel, the fact they have inside information that Mossad, the Israeli spy agency, was encouraging anti-government demonstrations against Netanyahu. And that's pretty something if true. But the Israeli government has denied it. And so we're sort of left in the dark. So I don't know what to make of it. Is it much ado about nothing? Is it something real? I can't see anything terribly earth-shattering here, but I could be wrong."

 

Photographs of the allegedly leaked documents first emerged on Discord, a messaging platform popular with gamers, weeks earlier. They remained largely unnoticed until they were shared on Twitter and other popular sites and platforms. The US Department of Defense is continuing to assess the validity of the photographed documents that appear to contain sensitive and highly classified material, as per Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh.

 

"I don't know that the fact that they're photographs rather than the original documents, (…) that may have been an attempt to disguise their origin, to throw investigators off the track," suggested Lazare. "That sounds possible. I don't know. It could also indicate that they have a roundabout way of reaching the Internet. That's also possible. And the fact that they weren't released to a journalist, but rather to a gamer or a gaming site is certainly strange."

 

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https://sputnikglobe.com/20230412/strange-that-pentagon-files-were-released-on-gaming-site-rather-than-to-journalists-or-wikileaks-1109396281.html

Anonymous ID: 46b609 April 12, 2023, 11:48 a.m. No.18684215   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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Saudi Arabia Vows to Make Every Effort to Resolve Syrian Crisis

 

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud held a telephone conversation with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, during which he reaffirmed Saudi Arabia’s readiness to make every effort to achieve a political settlement in Syria, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

 

Earlier in the day, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad arrived in Saudi Arabia to hold talks with Faisal bin Farhan to discuss a political solution to the crisis in Syria.

 

"During the call, they discussed ways to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis … Prince Faisal bin Farhan also affirmed the Kingdom’s keenness to exert all efforts to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis that preserves Syria’s unity, security, stability, and Arab affiliation," the ministry said in a statement posted on Twitter.

 

On Friday, the foreign ministers of the Gulf Arab nations, Iraq, Egypt, and Jordan will hold a meeting in Jeddah to discuss Syria’s return to the League of Arab States, after its membership was suspended over the 2011 unrest.

 

Since 2011, Syria has been engulfed in a civil war, with Syrian President Bashar Assad's troops fighting against various armed groups, including terrorists. The same year, the West and the Arab League imposed unilateral sanctions against Assad's government over alleged human rights violations and persecution of the country's opposition.

 

https://sputnikglobe.com/20230412/saudi-arabia-vows-to-make-every-effort-to-resolve-syrian-crisis-1109448123.html