Information security

USMC official: Marines should not be looking at leaked classified documents

The new documents were published Thursday by The Intercept, an investigative news website co-founded by former Guardian Journalist Glenn Greenwald, who published the first classified National Security Agency documents from alleged whistleblower Edward Snowden. The reports highlight the U.S. drone program that has been operating in various countries throughout the world in conjunction between the Defense Department; the Joint Special Operations Command, which controls such units like Delta Force and SEAL Team Six; and the Central Intelligence Agency.

The documents leaked to The Intercept come from an anonymous source who allegedly still works within the United States government and sheds light on how the U.S. government targets suspected terrorists and adds them onto a “Kill/Capture” list or what is commonly known as a “Joint Priority Engagement List.”