Gen. Philip Breedlove, until recently the supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe, plotted in private to overcome President Barack Obama's reluctance to escalate military tensions with Russia over the war in Ukraine in 2014, according to apparently hacked emails from Breedlove's Gmail account that were posted on a new website called DC Leaks, The Intercept reports.
Ukraine Today: Hacked e-mails reveal how NATO general tried to convince Obama to arm Ukraine
Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, commander of the U.S. European Command testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill April 30, 2015 in Washington, DC.
