TUESDAY PDB – Leaked documents a ‘very serious’ risk to national security, Pentagon says. The online leaks of scores of highly classified intelligence documents about the Ukraine war are a disaster.
And they clearly came from within Biden’s defense department (DOD).
According to NPR, they appear to be “briefing slides — put together daily for top Pentagon and national security officials — focused on Ukraine, with maps and charts pertaining to their troops and weapons.”
AND AS EXPECTED – Team Biden doesn’t know extent of classified Pentagon document leak. The White House is scrambling to manage the fallout from the leaked classified materials.
MEANWHILE, THE IMPACTS OF THE CLASSIFIED DOCS’ LEAK IS GLOBAL – How US friends and foes have responded to leaked Pentagon documents. Washington’s appetite for intelligence on friends and adversaries alike is well known to foreign governments — and periodic leaks of classified information help remind them.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of other developing stories.
Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
NATIONAL SECURITY
LONG OVERDUE – Biden ends COVID national emergency AFTER Congress acts. The U.S. national overreaction to respond to COVID-19 has ended.
US not ready to quickly produce and ship weapon systems, panel says. It no longer can quickly produce needed wartime assets, like 155 mm artillery shells, or to repair vital sophisticated systems, like radar, rapidly in theater.
CHINA THREAT
China military ‘ready to fight’ after drills near Taiwan. Its military declared Monday it is “ready to fight” after completing three days of large-scale combat exercises that simulated sealing off the island in response to the Taiwanese president’s trip to the U.S. last week.
BUT – Chinese aircraft, ships remain around Taiwan after drills end. CHICOM warplanes and navy ships were still in the waters around Taiwan after the end of three days of war games, as Taiwan’s president criticized Beijing for its “irresponsible” behavior.
PODCAST: China retaliates against Taiwan with military exercise. It sent warships and fighter jets toward Taiwan.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
As spring offensive nears, Ukraine is drafting reinforcements. The troops could show up almost anywhere, any time.
Ukrainian tank drivers eagerly await Western rides: ‘More comfortable than a Rolls-Royce.’ As anticipation builds for a counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces are desperate to lay their hands on Western tanks that could help turn the war’s tide.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 412. The Moscow-installed head of the part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region occupied by Russia said Russian forces control “more than 75 percent” of Bakhmut.
How Washington can make the most of Finland’s NATO membership. Its accession to NATO provides the alliance with a capable, well-trained military that is poised to defend its 832-mile border with Russia, but integration with NATO is needed.
SPACE THREAT
US Space Force to simplify timelines, purchases as launches surge. Its acquisition plan for its next phase of National Security Space Launch contracts will make it easier for the Space Development Agency to buy and schedule launch missions.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
US, Philippines hold largest war drills near disputed waters. The annual drills by the longtime treaty allies called Balikatan will run up to April 28 and involve more than 17,600 military personnel.
F-15Es deploy to Kadena as F-22s, F-16s head home. F-15E Strike Eagles deployed to Japan in April, joining F-35s to bolster the Air Force’s fighter fleet on the strategic island in the western Pacific.
WHOA! NOT WITH THE BILLIONS IN MILITARY AID US GIVES EGYPT EVERY YEAR – Egypt secretly planned to supply rockets to Russia, leaked US document says. President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi in February planned to produce 40,000 rockets for Russia and instructed officials to keep production and shipment secret “to avoid problems with the West.”
BRIT NUKES, UKRAINE AND CHINA – UK national security review sensibly balances nukes, Ukraine, Pacific. The director of the Mike Rogers Center for Intelligence & Global Affairs sees prudence in the UK’s most recent strategic review, though challenges loom.
BACKTRACKING – Netanyahu reverses firing of defense minister amid tension. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reversed his decision to fire his defense minister over criticism of the government’s contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary.
US MILITARY
How the US Navy prioritized readiness – and got more ships too. What happens when the chief of naval operations wants more money for readiness — maintenance, spare parts, munitions, and training time — to create a more prepared fleet, but lawmakers prefer to buy more ships?
HAS IT LOST ITS WAY? – How the nation’s Corps of Marines has lost its way. Unlike force structure and equipment, which can be rebuilt if lost, ethos, once extinguished, is gone forever.
END of PDB
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Knows Nothing & or told Nothing
The only threat to our nation security is, sitting in the WH.
How long will it take for the Democrats to blame the security leak on Trump?!
Inside job.What kind of a banana republic, is this country becoming.Give out top secrets from allies,who is going to trust these idiots again.How pathetic,this administration, circus full of clowns,and a zombie,puppet,who can’t even speak.
The only threat to our nation security is, sitting in the WH.
Long past time for The National Security Advisor, The Secretary of Defense and The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff to RESIGN on the grounds of : DERELICTION OF DUTY.
Let’s face facts, Biden is clueless on everything. Pretty much like anyone who would vote for him to start with.
amazing the past 10-15 years the number of classified and even unclassified info has been leaked and how often the dem media use “anonymous sources”
“Biden Clueless On Extent Of His Pentagon’s Classified Documents Leak”
biden is clueless on just about everything.