Four FBI employees have broken rules put in place by the agency and the Department of Justice (DOJ) by leaking intelligence on the 2017 bombing at a sports arena in Manchester, the US Office of the Inspector General said in a new report released on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th October, 2018) Four FBI employees have broken rules put in place by the agency and the Department of Justice (DOJ) by leaking intelligence on the 2017 bombing at a sports arena in Manchester, the US Office of the Inspector General said in a new report released on Wednesday.
"The OIG investigation found that some FBI personnel forwarded the UK Intelligence Report to non-government e-mail accounts but the investigation did not identify evidence that any of these individuals provided the report to the NYT," the report said, referring to the New York Times newspaper, which published a news report based on leaked intelligence. "The OIG substantiated the following violations of DOJ and FBI computer rules of behavior and FBI policy by the following four individuals in connection with their handling of the UK Intelligence Report."
