The United States government is investigating a major leak of classified documents from the National Security Agency (NSA). The leak may have

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1. The US is concerned about the leaking of dozens of pages of classified government documents from the United States.

2. A large cache of more than 100 pages of documents appearing to be from the Pentagon are currently circulating on social media channels after first being published on the chat forum Discord.

3. An initial release of documents was said to contain doctored information, however, a second leak has put officials on notice.

4. Some of the documents included information about Russia’s war effort, revealing how the US has penetrated Putin’s Ministry of Defence. Others were from Ukraine’s counter offensive including weaponry, air defence and battalion sizes. Ukraine has already altered military plans due to the leak, a source in Ukraine’s government confirmed to CNN.

5. The Commonwealth Government has reached out to the US for clarification on the issue.

     A major defence leak of a trove of classified documents has countries all around the world rushing to defend themselves. The documents, which date back to 2007 and 2010, were released by an anonymous source to the website WikiLeaks. The leaks include a classified US military report on the Afghan war, as well as a classified European Union report on the EU's military operations in Libya. The documents have caused a major stir in the media, with many journalists and experts claiming that they contain valuable information that should not have been kept secret.

     The Afghan war report, for example, contains information on the Taliban's strategy and tactics, as well as the US military's plans for countering them. The European Union report, meanwhile, details the EU's efforts to support the Libyan government against rebels led by Muammar Gaddafi. Both reports are likely to contain information that could be valuable to extremist groups, and could therefore pose a threat to national security.

     The leak has caused a major headache for the governments of countries around the world, who are now scrambling to defend themselves against claims that they were kept in the dark about important military developments. The United States, for example, has accused WikiLeaks of being a tool of the Russian government, and has called for its founder, Julian Assange, to be extradited to America. Assange, however, has so far refused to turn himself in, and has claimed that the documents were released in the public interest.

     The leak is likely to cause a long and complex diplomatic row, and may even lead to a new round of hostilities in the Afghan war. The governments of countries around the world will need to be careful not to overreact, or they risk alienating key allies and damaging their reputation.

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