The FBI and CIA have launched a criminal investigation after confidential documents were published by WikiLeaks on Tuesday. Federal authorities plan to interview hundreds of agents as part of their search to find the person responsible for providing a huge cache of top secret documents to the whistleblowing site, with initial investigations focusing on the possibility that an insider was responsible for the leaks.The US intelligence community is scrambling to find the source of the massive leak of classified CIA documents, which lay out, in detail, the tools the agency uses to conduct covert monitoring of electronic devices—everything from iPhones to smart televisions.According to sources speaking to the New York Times, investigators say the data published by Julian Assange's organization may have been stolen from a server outside the CIA, managed by a contractor—but it is not ruling out the possibility of a CIA employee being responsible.Continue reading on VICE News
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