Former CIA senior official, Marty Martin, has criticized the recent leak of classified documents, stating that it has intensified the impression of the US government being ineffective and unreliable.
Martin, who previously led the CIA team tracking Osama bin Laden, also noted that the leak has caused Middle Eastern countries to align with China instead of the US.
He attributed the leak to the significant increase in the number of personnel who have access to top-secret military information, and called for a reduction in this number.
The recent leak is being considered the largest since Edward Snowden’s in 2013 and is raising questions about the US government’s ability to manage classified information.