intelligence leak
Classified information disclosed
An intelligence leak is the unauthorized disclosure of classified or sensitive information from a government agency, military, or security organization.
The leak may go to journalists, foreign governments, or the public.
Leaks range from whistleblowing She leaked documents exposing illegal surveillance to espionage.
The term emphasizes the breach itself rather than the content revealed.
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- top secretHighest classification level
- classified documentsFiles with access restrictions
- national securitySafeguarding a country's interests
- state secretsProtected government information
need to know · whistleblower · mole · defector · Snowden · disclosure · anonymous source · breach · secrets · redacted · informant · documents · confidential · treason · source · expose · Pentagon · cables
- leaksleaks, seepage, drip, drips, trickle
- International CrisesCuban Missile Crisis, Iran hostage crisis, hostage crisis, Suez Crisis, Bay of Pigs
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- defectiondefection, defect, defector, turncoat, desertion
- diplomatic incidentspersona non grata, hostage crisis, border incursion, airspace violation, territorial claim
intelligence leakinformation security
Protecting data from threats
classification · secrecy · intelligence gathering · compartmentalization · counterintelligence
intelligence leakcover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
suppression · information blackout · censorship · redaction · stonewalling
intelligence, leak, intelligent, intelligently, unintelligent, intelligentsia, intellect, intellectual, intellectually