Officials from the FBI and Navy are investigating the role a pro-Russia social media account had in spreading photos of classified US documents online – and have contacted a former Navy noncommissioned officer who was affiliated with the account, multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN.
The investigation arose after a Telegram account called Donbass Devushka, which has more than 70,000 subscribers and describes itself as “Russian-style information warfare,” on April 5 reposted photos on Telegram of apparently classified US intelligence related to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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