{"id":2357699,"date":"2024-10-21T20:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T00:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-doesnt-expect-additional-leaks-as-investigators-search-for-israel-leaker-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T00:03:47","slug":"white-house-doesnt-expect-additional-leaks-as-investigators-search-for-israel-leaker-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-doesnt-expect-additional-leaks-as-investigators-search-for-israel-leaker-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House doesn\u2019t expect additional leaks as investigators search for Israel leaker &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-doesnt-expect-additional-leaks-as-investigators-search-for-israel-leaker-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2357699&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House is \u200bcurrently investigating the leak of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/giuliani-president-trump-should-declassify-more-documents\/\" title=\"Giuliani: President Trump should declassify more documents\">classified documents related<\/a> to Israel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-this-really-it-cnns-jim-sciutto-is-not-impressed-with-bidens-response-to-putin\/\" title=\"\u2018Is This Really It?\u2019: CNN\u2019s Jim Sciutto Is Not Impressed With Biden\u2019s Response To Putin\">planned response<\/a> to Iran, following an incident\u200c where documents dated October 15 and \u200b16 were shared online via the\u2064 messaging platform Telegram by an account named \u201cMiddle East Spectator.\u201d The leaked documents reportedly detail Israel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">expected military actions<\/a> in retaliation for Iran launching ballistic missiles at \u200cIsrael on October 1. National Security Council \u200bcoordinator \u2064John Kirby expressed deep concern over the leakage, emphasizing the unacceptable\u2062 nature of classified information becoming public and \u2063assuring that President Biden is closely monitoring the investigation to identify the source of the \u200dleak and implement mitigation measures. The investigation is being led by\u2063 the Department \u2062of Defense, which has not confirmed\u2063 whether\u200c the \u2062leak was due \u2064to a \u2064breach of unsecured information or an internal source with the clearance to access the documents.\u2062 Kirby noted \u2063that there are\u200d no indications that further leaks are\u2063 expected.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House doesn&rsquo;t expect additional leaks as investigators search for Israel leaker<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1838674\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The White House does not believe further leaks will occur as the administration races to uncover who shared classified documents involving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel&rsquo;s<\/a> expected retaliatory attack against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Two documents, dated Oct. 15 and 16, purportedly from U.S. government agencies, the National Security Agency and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, on Israel&rsquo;s expected response began circulating online Friday after being posted on Telegram by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-campaign-caught-deceptively-editing-trump-town-hall-footage-to-tell-blatant-lie\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Campaign Caught Deceptively Editing Trump Town Hall Footage to Tell &#039;Blatant Lie&#039;\">account called &#038;ldquo<\/a>;Middle East Spectator.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The leak comes as Israel is planning to retaliate against Iran for launching about 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Oct. 1. It also comes as Israel&rsquo;s wars in Gaza and Lebanon against Hamas and Hezbollah, both of which are supported by Tehran, have strained the U.S.-Israeli relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weak-government-complicit-media-silicon-valley-are-torching-america\/\" title=\"Weak Government, Complicit Media, Silicon Valley Are Torching America\">deeply concerned<\/a>,&rdquo; National Security Council coordinator John Kirby told reporters. &ldquo;The President remains deeply concerned about any leakage of classified information into the public domain, that that is not supposed to happen, and it&rsquo;s unacceptable when it does. So he&rsquo;s deeply concerned about that, and you can rest assured that he will be actively monitoring the progress of the investigative effort to figure out how this happened, and obviously he&rsquo;ll be very interested in hearing any mitigation measures and recommendations that come as a result of the investigative efforts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The two documents were sharable within the &ldquo;Five Eyes,&rdquo; which are the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The NSC spokesman could not specify whether the documents were leaked by someone with clearance to access them or if the government was hacked and the hackers then published the material. Earlier this year, Iranian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3159064\/iranian-hackers-sent-stolen-trump-materials-biden-campaign-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hackers<\/a> were able to infiltrate the Trump campaign, and the hackers then sought to distribute internal information to President Joe Biden&rsquo;s campaign and news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby said the Department of Defense is investigating the unauthorized disclosure, which did not respond to a request for comment about who was leading the effort, and he added, &ldquo;There is no indication that we have a reason to suspect additional documents of sort finding its way into the domain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to confirm the leaked documents were authentic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon revamped its policies toward authorization and classifications over the last couple of years after a low-level Air National Guardsman was convicted of leaking hundreds of classified documents over several months. Airman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2901250\/pentagon-leaker-jack-teixeira-pleads-guilty-prosecutors-seek-16-year-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jack Teixeira<\/a> had been taking photos of and copying down classified information to share with friends on the Discord platform. He did so for several months before officials caught on and a massive manhunt ensued.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the documents he leaked involved the Russia-Ukraine war. In March 2024, Teixeira was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2901250\/pentagon-leaker-jack-teixeira-pleads-guilty-prosecutors-seek-16-year-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced<\/a>&nbsp;to a maximum of nearly 17 years in jail after pleading guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1838674\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1838674\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House anticipates no more leaks amid Israel document probe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2357700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kirby-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5366,4671,13952,32076,32127],"class_list":["post-2357699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-investigators","tag-israel","tag-leaks","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kirby-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2357699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2357700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}