In his book “American Soldier,” the Commander-in-Chief of the US Central Command, General Tommy France, said: The United States is the only vessel that leaks from above, which naturally means that American political and security leaks often come from the upper echelons of the political system!
The question here is, are these leaks really leaks? Or is it intended to be leaks in order to convey political messages to the allies and reveal what the United States wants to the world, especially the allies? Or is there an American case specific to the nature of the administration that allows such leaks to come out to the public without the ability to control the information?!
Based on these questions, it is possible to understand the significance of the American leaks about the Ukrainian war, noting that the leaks did not only include the war in Ukraine, but many documents related to the American relations with allies in all countries of the world were leaked.
It is not surprising that secret documents leaked from the US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) say that the United States is spying on allies in Ukraine. Was he an enemy?
It is also natural, in this critical period of world history due to the Ukraine war and the formation of international political, military and economic alliances, for the United States to periodically assess the situation, especially by the allies, within the framework of the shaken confidence in these international alliances, and the emergence of “NATO” as a force that finances weapons. Only, and unable to establish international peace and security.
The United States has recorded breaches against allies on a large scale, which embarrasses the American security and political system. In 2013, German Chancellor Angela Merkel contacted President Barack Obama after receiving information indicating that the United States might have spied on her mobile phone. Merkel was angry at this behavior in light of The close and special relationship with the Obama administration, but this is what really happened. The CIA spied on Merkel's phone.
At the time, Washington lied about this news about Merkel being spied on, but the incident caused a sensation in German and American circles, and later the page was turned, and this happened in more than one country and with dozens of leaders in the world, but the story is not here, but the surprise.
One of the leaks in classified documents dated February 23 details how the Ukrainian S-300 air defense systems will be depleted by May 2, according to their current rate of use. Is this a message to the Russians, for example, to push them back into the Ukrainian mud and increase the complexity of the scene!
Some of the documents show precise details of the training and equipment being provided to Ukraine, which is gathering dozens of new brigades for an offensive that could begin within weeks. The documents also reveal when the brigades will be ready, and record all the tanks, armored vehicles and artillery pieces that are being provided by Ukraine's allies. Westerners.
It is true that many of the leaks include the countries of the Middle East and Africa, but they were limited to the level of the United States’ assessment of the allies and the opinion of the American administration on some allies. However, the leaks related to the Ukrainian war take on a purely security and intelligence nature that opens the way for revealing the military field situation and gives the Russians a lot of information about field reality.
There is an opinion that these leaks, in which what is important in the Ukrainian war and what is secondary for the Western allies, were mixed, aimed at addressing the Russians in the first place, and the other leaks came so that the American security messages would not be direct to Russia! While others believe that these leaks are real and actually threaten US national security, according to statements by Pentagon officials.
According to information statistics, the United States manages 70% of the volume of information in the world and has a very high technical ability to know the origin and source of the information. Modern American technology can even determine the place from which any information is transmitted in the world. However, the Ministry of Justice is investigating The leaks incident, so is this investigation part of the leaks play, or is America really incapable of protecting its information security, especially since the confessions of official US officials indicate that this information is in the possession of US employees only!
Finally; In the year 2014, US President Barack Obama withheld from the American public opinion pictures leaked by the Syrian officer “Caesar”, which showed the ugliness of torture in Syrian prisons. Caesar, however, the Obama administration was really able to withhold these images from public opinion. Is America so fragile that such leaks affecting allies and American plans for war in Ukraine come out?
Abdullah Al Ghadawi (Istanbul) @GhadawiAbdullah