How serious is the Pentagon files leak for the US and its allies?

The Pentagon is dealing with the fallout from the worst leak of US national security information in many years.

According to initial media reports, these were top secret plans by the US and NATO to help Ukraine in its war against Russia.

But more information has since come out, with files relating to China, South Korea, the Middle East and Africa.

The size of the leak raises suspicions that it came from a US source rather than an ally.

Russia has been accused of manipulating some files to create misinformation, and Ukrainian and South Korean officials have dismissed some of what is being reported as false.

The Pentagon says a hunt for the source has begun.

So how serious is this breach for the United States and its allies?

And what effect could it have on them and on Russia?

Presenter: Tom MacRae

Guests:

Glenn Carle – Career CIA officer and former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Transnational Threats

Annie Machon – Former MI5 officer and author of The Privacy Mission

Colin Wallace – Psychological warfare specialist and former British Army intelligence officer in Northern Ireland