The US official has launched a probe to identify the direct source of the intel leak after the high-classified documents, containing intel details fuming from Ukraine air defence to Israel spy agency content surfaced on the internet world. On Sunday, Pentagon officials said it had formal reference to the Department of Justice, requesting it to investigate the visible intel leak of the classified documents, which surfaced on the social media world. 

Some experts in the US suspect that concerning intel leaks may be leaked within the country rather than any allies. The mainly highly classified documents are related to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and other major allied partners of the US like the Middle East, South Korea and Africa. Michael Mulroy, a former Pentagon official, commented on the intel leak with the news agency, “The main centre of attention is on being a US leak, as numerous documents were only in US hands.”

On the other hand, the possibility of a pro-Russia element behind the intel leaks has not been ruled out by the investigation agency. The US official said that in case an outside hand is found to be backup of the intel leak it would be one of the utmost crucial security breaches the US would face after the WikiLeaks case in which more than 700,000 intel documents, diplomatic cables and videos surfaced on the public platform. 

Recent intel leaks also show that Washington is spying on the many close US allies, including Isreal, Ukraine and South Korea. It was a potentially embarrassing disclosure for the government of US President Joe Biden. Though, the intel leaked documents pop up to contain at least some mistakes, including war zone fatality estimates that deliberately show the low number of Russian losses. US officials further added that they have not ruled out the prospect of the leaked document information having been fake or manipulated to spread the flawed information that could directly damage the US security image.