A recent leak of reportedly classified U.S. military documents has provided insights into how the United States collects intelligence, as well as what it thinks of other countries, including Hungary. According to these leaked documents, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is among various world leaders singled out as being under American surveillance, with the CIA cautioning that the Fidesz leader is increasingly inclined towards anti-Americanism.
A “CIA Operations Center Intelligence Update” among the leaked documents claimed Orbán listed the United States as one of his party’s “top three adversaries” during a political strategy session in February, quoting the U.S. Embassy in Budapest. Orbán’s remark “constitutes an escalation of the level of anti-American rhetoric in his discourse,” the document read. The Hungarian government declined to comment on the revelations.