Blinken: the information leak has not affected US relations with partners

Apr 16, 2023 - 14:02
Blinken: the information leak has not affected US relations with partners


 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a press conference in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi that the leak of secret American documents did not affect Washington's interaction with partners. "We reached out to our allies and partners after these leaks became known. We did so at a high level and clarified our commitment to intelligence protection and security partnerships," Blinken said at a news conference. , broadcast on YouTube. According to them, the United States felt gratitude in relation to the measures taken in response to the leak. "It did not affect our interaction," Blinken said, adding that he "did not see or hear" anything of the

U.S. Air Force Private First Class Jack Teixeira was indicted Friday in a Boston court and faces 10 years in prison for "unlawful storage and transmission of national defense information," and another 5 for "seizure and abusive custody of classified documents or materials”. Teixeira will remain in pre-trial detention until the next hearing, set for April 19. "I have directed our military and intelligence community to take steps to further protect and limit the distribution of sensitive information." This was stated by the US president, Joe Biden, regarding the leak of confidential US documents, adding that "our national security team is coordinating closely with our partners and allies". “I commend the speed with which law enforcement agencies investigated and responded to the recent release of classified US government documents,” Biden says, noting that “we are still determining the validity of these documents.”