“The major problem is a problem of covering the secret”, analyzes General Dominique Trinquand

“The fact of disseminating these documents has a disadvantage. The major problem is a problem of secrecy coverage”, said Thursday, April 13 on franceinfo General Dominique Trinquand, former head of the French military mission to the UN. He was reacting to the leak of confidential American documents online for which a young man was arrested in the Eunited states. A criminal investigation has been opened by the US Department of Justice because these documents detail in particular Washington’s views on the war in Ukraine.

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“How could these documents have been in possession of this young boy?”asks Dominique Trinquand before adding: “How could he copy and distribute them? That’s the real issue. The information in it is not essential.”

Still according to the general, in these documents, “there is a mixture of true and false […] It is very difficult to distinguish between things concerning the information disseminated on these documents”. A point all the same “interested everyone”the one concerning “anti-aircraft ammunition”. According to the documents disseminated, these ammunition “reach very low levels and therefore present a vulnerability for Ukraine”. “It’s a bit boring”analyzes Dominique Trinquand who does not see any other major information in these documents.