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US intel leak: Some details are hardly surprising but allies are certain to question US intel gathering

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Most of the stolen documents originated in the Pentagon’s Joint Staff.

Most of the stolen documents originated in the Pentagon’s Joint Staff.

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US government officials are reportedly “shocked and reeling” from evidence of a significant leak of highly classified documents, now circulating on the Internet.

The latest security breach is the worst since former US National Security Agency rogue employee Edward Snowden – now a naturalised Russian citizen – leaked highly classified intelligence almost a decade ago.

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