FBI probing release of US intel on Israel's attack plans for Iran

WASHINGTON — 

The FBI is investigating the nationalist disclosure of a brace of highly classified quality documents describing Israel's preparations for a retaliatory onslaught connected Iran, the bureau said connected Tuesday.

"The FBI is investigating the alleged leak of classified documents and moving intimately with our partners successful the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community," it said successful a statement.

White House nationalist information spokesperson John Kirby said connected Monday that it has not been determined whether the disclosure was a hack oregon a leak. President Joe Biden was watching the results of the probe closely, helium added.

"We're not precisely definite however these documents recovered their mode into the nationalist domain," Kirby told reporters.

"The president remains profoundly acrophobic astir immoderate leakage of classified accusation into the nationalist domain. That is not expected to happen, and it's unacceptable erstwhile it does," helium said.

The documents look to person been prepared by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, describing U.S. interpretations of Israeli Air Force and Navy readying based connected outer imagery from Oct. 15-16.

They began circulating past week connected the Telegram messaging app. Israel has been readying a effect to a ballistic-missile barrage carried retired by Iran connected Oct. 1, Tehran's 2nd nonstop onslaught connected Israel successful six months. Israel has intensified its violative successful Gaza and Lebanon, days aft the sidesplitting of Hamas person Yahya Sinwar.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson connected Sunday said an probe was nether way.