The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced new policies to safeguard sensitive information following the most serious leak of U.S. classified material in a decade.
The new measures were unveiled on April 24 by Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder at a DoD press conference.
In his statement, Ryder confirmed that the DoD was conducting a comprehensive review of its security programs, policies, and procedures in response to the recent unauthorized disclosure of classified documents.
Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who worked as an IT specialist and thus had access to highly classified material, is suspected of having been the source of the leak. Reportedly, Teixeira shared documents on issues ranging from Ukrainian battle plans to the identities of U.S. spy assets across the planet….