South Korea is pushing back Tuesday on suspicions the U.S. may have been spying on the country after a purported leaked Pentagon document was posted online.
Kirby refused to confirm the authenticity of certain leaked documents, but warned against spreading them among the American public nonetheless.is saying Tuesday that a purported leaked Pentagon document suggesting the U.S. may be spying on the country is"untrue" and"altered," reports say.
That the U.S. was able to capture the conversations suggests it could have been spying on South Korea, according to Reuters. But the office of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol reportedly said Tuesday that the document is"untrue" and"altered" and suspicions his office is being spied upon are"utterly false."
White House national security spokesman John Kirby has warned against sharing documents that have reportedly been leaked. When asked Tuesday by Fox News Digital about the South Korean documents, the Department of Defense said it had"no further comment on the leaked documents."
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