CNN reports that a Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance's security detail has been placed on administrative leave after it was determined he leaked information to the media. The move follows earlier suspicions, reported by The Zioneer, that the same agent had leaked personal information.
CNN confirmed Thursday morning that a Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance's security detail has been placed on administrative leave after it was determined he leaked information to the media. The confirmation follows a rapid sequence of reports published by The Zioneer at 07:22 Jerusalem today.
The Zioneer first reported the CNN story that the agent was placed on leave, followed by an Israeli media report that the agent had been suspended pending an investigation into the leak. Shortly after, The Zioneer reported that the agent was officially placed on administrative leave after the leak was confirmed, and then that the agent was suspected of leaking personal information to the media. The thread indicates that the scope of the leak was refined over the course of the morning.
The leak incident comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions between Vice President Vance and Israel, as The Zioneer has previously documented. Vance has accused Israeli elements of spreading disinformation against him and has repeated conspiracy theories linking Jeffrey Epstein to the Mossad. However, there is no indication that this leak is directly related to those broader tensions.
The specific content of the leaked information has not been disclosed, and the agent's identity remains confidential. The investigation is ongoing.
4 developments
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- StrongVance alleges Israeli government entities funded campaigns against him, citing Time Magazine leaks
- DevelopingVance declines to deny Israeli espionage claim against US
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- Internal intake