A senior US official speaking on background has named a top Department of Defense official as the prime suspect in a high-profile leak of top-secret Department of Defense documents to an account on the social media platform Telegram linked to the Tehran regime. Ariane Tabatabai, who is chief of staff to Christopher P. Maier, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, was identified by Sky News Arabia as being under suspicion for leaking documents of Israel’s military plan to strike Iran.
Friday, a Telegram account with ties to the Tehran regime posted highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran on Friday; see Top Secret US Documents on Israel’s Plans for Retaliation Appear on a Tehran-Linked Social Media Platform. The Middle East Spectator included a report by the Department of Defense “detailing…
