A declassified CIA document, catalogued as CIA-RDP91-00561R000100030081-9, confirms that the FBI initiated an investigation into the leak of a sensitive government report regarding American military and intelligence aid to Israel.
While the document itself is brief and lacks deeper context, it provides evidence that the U.S. government treated the disclosure of this information as a serious breach-serious enough to prompt federal-level review.
📰 The Leak Triggered Federal Response
The memo reveals that after parts of the report surfaced in the press, the FBI was tasked with tracing its source.
The leak likely involved details of classified programs or unauthorized disclosures related to the scale, nature, or scope of U.S. support to Israeli defense operations.
No names are provided in the document, and it offers no final conclusion-only a confirmation that the FBI had taken over responsibility for the inquiry.
🇮🇱 A History of Sensitive U.S.–Israel Ties
Though not detailed in the memo, the topic of U.S. assistance to Israel-particularly military and covert aid-has long been one of the most closely guarded aspects of American foreign policy in the Middle East.
The mere fact of a leak investigation underscores the political and operational sensitivities surrounding that relationship.
This record serves as a small but concrete window into how U.S. agencies responded to unauthorized exposure of classified policy during a critical period of Cold War-era diplomacy.
