The documents, which surfaced on Friday on the Telegram messaging service, purport to be a US evaluation of Israeli intentions to strike Iran.
The evaluation is predicated on the interpretation of other intelligence and satellite imagery.
Spokesman for the White House National Security Council John Kirby stated on Monday that President Joe Biden was “deeply concerned” about the leak.
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According to Mr. Kirby, authorities are still unsure if the data were made public because of a hack or a leak.
Israel has been threatening to strike Iran hard in retribution for Iran’s massed ballistic missile attack on Israel for the past three weeks.
Iran claims that was a reaction to Israel’s September 27 assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah.
Are the records authentic?
According to military specialists, the headers’ wording appears reliable and aligns with similar classified documents that have previously been made public.
Under the heading “Top Secret,” they use the abbreviation “FGI,” which stands for “Foreign Government Intelligence.”
The materials seem to have been distributed to intelligence services in the Five Eyes alliance, which consists of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These five Western countries share intelligence on a regular basis.
In the documents, “TK” stands for “Talent Keyhole,” a codeword that encompasses satellite-based Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT).
