A top White House spokesman said that journalists should not report on leaked Pentagon intelligence documents, saying that the material has “no business in the public domain.”
During a press briefing on Monday, spokesman John Kirby was pressed repeatedly about why and how the intelligence documents made it onto several websites, including Twitter, Discord, 4chan, Telegram, and more. Some of those documents included alleged death toll numbers for both Ukraine and Russia amid the year-long conflict as well as alleged intelligence assessments targeting the governments of Israel, South Korea, Egypt, and other U.S. military partners.
Although Kirby refused to confirm the validity of the documents, “this is information that has no business in the public domain,” he told members of the press. “It has no business—if you don’t mind me saying—on the pages of … front pages of newspapers or on television. It is not intended for public consumption and it should not be out there,” he added….