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Pentagon has no idea how many more documents have been leaked
All to Know About the Alleged Pentagon Leaks
The Pentagon's deputy press secretary said that they don't know how many more leaked papers are on the internet.
Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other high-level Pentagon officials have been meeting every day to "examine the scope and scale" of the leak and try to stop it from happening again.
Reporters asked Singh if the DOD knows how many papers were leaked at this point. Singh said, "This is an ongoing investigation by the Department of Justice." So, we work with them and talk to them on a regular basis, but the investigation will turn up more papers that have already been posted.
She also said that the Pentagon's Intelligence and Security department is doing its own review "to get a better idea of exactly what documents were leaked and where they were found online."
Relatives of Jack Teixeira leave John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse following his arraignment on April 14, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. Teixeria, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, was charged on two counts: unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Pressed further, she said, “We’re going to continue to find docs online. … I don’t have a specific number for you at the moment. It’s something that we’re still reviewing, we’re still assessing, and when we have a better grasp of just the scope and scale, we’d be happy to update you but that’s something that we’re continuing to assess.”
Singh also implied that the DOD was learning of new documents through the Justice Department and the media.
“DOJ is the lead investigator on this topic. There could be more documents that are being circulated online. That is something that this investigation is looking into, that’s something that the department is looking into. Different media outlets here in this room have reported on having different numbers of pages, numbers of documents.
“At each time that, you know, we are culling through the documents that we get and as we get more, that number grows,” she said.
Singh also implied they are trying to work directly with social media platforms to get documents and to review them.
“Could this count grow? I mean, we’re still assessing that, we are still reviewing different posts that continue to surface online and working with — you know, working with online social media platforms to get those documents and to review them,” she said.
