Ken WhiteApr 13, 2023

This is exactly why it’s unnatural and dangerous for #gamers to be employed

https://www.rawstory.com/pentagon-leaker-identified/

New York Times names alleged leaker of secret Pentagon documents on Ukraine

The Washington Post revealed Wednesday night that they had information indicating the leaker of the Pentagon reports on Ukraine was "described as a gun enthusiast who worked on a military base."On Thursday morning, however, the New York Times revealed the name and base in which the alleged leaker se...

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Show threadKen WhiteApr 13, 2023
There are people who play and enjoy games, and then there are GAMERZ, and gamerz are shitty people from a shitty culture.
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 13, 2023
@Popehat I tend to distinguish between the two as "gamers" and "Gamers", with the capital-G version being the kind of people who think consuming a particular type of media is a personality trait.
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 13, 2023
@Popehat On a slightly more serious note, I work in an industry that involves a certain level of interaction with protectively marked (aka "classified") materials, to varying degrees, and it's really evident that the knock-on effects of historical overclassification haven't abated, despite serious efforts to limit further misclassification of resources. People are still being given broad unsupervised access to sensitive resources just so they can get their work done, because everything's secret.
Show threadMichael WymanApr 13, 2023

@gsuberland @Popehat I remember when I got my low-level clearance— another life ago— having a brief daydream that now I’d be handed the book with all the classified stuff… but of course that wasn’t how it works.

Only to watch these leaks years later and feel like maybe that too often *is* how it works!

Show threadGraham Sutherland / Polynomial
@mwyman @Popehat Given the description of this case, this person would've (should've!) required whatever the US's equivalent of Developed Vetting (DV) is, since the access to protectively marked materials was regular rather than infrequent, but yeah, the super low granularity of access restriction and vetting thoroughness is a widespread problem. Stuff is compartmentalised to a significant degree, but after access is granted the oversight and supervision is frequently lax.
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Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 13, 2023
@mwyman @Popehat My biggest complaint is that the vetting process is rarely, if ever, tailored to the specific risks and threat model surrounding the work. It's extremely generic and leads to a situation where people who need the barest minimum of due diligence are lumped in with people who need a moderate standard of vetting, with the same time allotted to each case, so the majority of people going through the process are either getting over-vetted or under-vetted with nothing in between.
Show threadZone LeftApr 14, 2023

@gsuberland @mwyman @Popehat I’ll never forget being asked if I ever saw a buddy of mine drink too much.

We were like 23 and in military flight school. It would’ve been suspicious if we weren’t drinking way too much