John Kirby Tells Journalists NOT to Report on Leaked Pentagon Documents

KIRBY: “We’re taking this very, very seriously. There is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. They don’t deserve to be in the public domain. They deserve to be protected. So we’ll get to the bottom of this.”

“Again, without confirming the validity of the documents, this is information that has no business in the public domain. It has no business — if you don’t mind me saying — on the pages of — of — front pages of newspapers or on television. It is not intended for public consumption and it should not be out there.”