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Biden Comments on Leaked Pentagon Documents
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0:36Now PlayingPresident Joe Biden on Thursday said while he was concerned that sensitive government documents had been leaked, “there's nothing contemporaneous that I'm aware of that is of great consequence.”
It was the first time Biden has commented publicly about the release of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites.
They appear to detail U.S. and NATO aid to Ukraine and U.S. intelligence assessments regarding U.S. allies that could strain ties with those nations.
The Justice Department has opened an investigation.
“I’m concerned that it happened, but there’s nothing contemporaneous that I’m aware of that is of great consequence," said Biden, who is in Dublin visiting with Irish leaders Thursday.
Biden noted there was a “full-blown” investigation going on with the intelligence community and the Justice Department. “We're getting close," he said on answers. "But I don't have an answer.”
There's no clear answers on how many documents were leaked.
The Associated Press has viewed approximately 50 documents; some estimates put the total number in the hundreds.
No one knows for sure where they came from, not even the Pentagon chief.
It’s possible, though, the leak may have started on a site called Discord.
Discord is a social media platform popular with people playing online games.
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