At the end of last week two US intelligence documents reportedly disclosing Israel’s plan for a potential retaliatory attack on Iran were leaked and disseminated on a Telegram channel. The channel claimed it had received the documents via a source within the US intelligence community.
The authenticity of the documents was confirmed over the weekend and a mole hunt began. The FBI began investigating the leak of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel’s preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran.
“The FBI is investigating the alleged leak of classified documents and working closely with our partners in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community,” the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.
Today there is unconfirmed reporting that the leaker has been identified. The alleged leaker is supposedly Ariane Tabatabi. She is currently the CoS for the Assistant SecDef for Special Ops.
Tabatabai is a protege of Rob Malley, him of the recently suspended security clearance and passport confiscation. Malley was the lead negotiator on the Iran nuclear deal and a pro-Iran voice in both the Obama and Biden/Harris administrations.
More, Tabatabai’s father has direct ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Council. Tabatabai herself is tied to several IRGC backed think-tanks and other pro-Iran organizations.
If this turns out to be true, it will have very far reaching implications. There have been an inordinate number of individuals defending this person despite her previously being caught leaking classified information. Most if not all will be brought to account for their behavior, especially if when Trump gets re-elected.