flexghost.Apr 13, 2023

So the person who leaked US intelligence was a young white conservative gun-enthusiast and male.

A member of his Discord server described him this way: "He's fit. He's strong. He's armed. He's trained. Just about everything you can expect out of some sort of crazy movie”

Guns. God. Putin.

He and others like him get to handle our nations secrets. Think about that

It’s time to call conservatives what they are: domestic terrorists.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/big-us-intelligence-leak-was-by-gun-enthusiast-20s-washington-post-2023-04-13/

Big U.S. intelligence leak was by gun enthusiast in 20s, Washington Post reports

The person who leaked U.S. classified documents prompting a national security investigation is a gun enthusiast in his 20s who worked on a military base, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing fellow members of an online chat group.

Reuters
Show threadjwstarkApr 13, 2023
@flexghost It was pretty clear from the start that this would be the profile. Having seen it first hand, there is a lottttt of these insider threats because the feds aren't actually looking at white supremacist/nationalist groups when vetting for clearances.
Show threadMKSinSAApr 13, 2023

@jwstark

I'm kinda wondering how someone this young not only gets this sort of clearance but such unsupervised access to it. Lordy, my early days Secret had more oversight. Hell, make that my Confidential.

@flexghost

Show threadGorbaApr 13, 2023
@MKSinSA @jwstark @flexghost I had a TS/SCI at 18 in 1988 so I’m not sure when the time was that they had more oversight
Show threadMKSinSAApr 13, 2023

@Gorba

I'm not so much questioning his ability to get the clearance as much as I am a seriously junior, enlisted National Guardsman's need to know (a preq to access) in conjunction with being unsupervised.

@jwstark @flexghost

Show threadGorbaApr 13, 2023
@MKSinSA @jwstark @flexghost So, there is the possibility he was doing similar briefings for possible air guard deployments at various hot spots which would give a low ranking analyst access with little supervision
Show threadMKSinSAApr 13, 2023

@Gorba @jwstark @flexghost

I can see our experiences differ, which is cool. In my Army world, we daily had to log out and back in each and every classified document with the custodian (O3 or E7 up) inside the OC. That's the reason for my shock, I'd presumed it was universal SOP.

Show threadGorba
@MKSinSA @jwstark @flexghost let’s just say those EOCs for reserves worked differently than the active duty SCIFs I was at. It was pretty ridiculous really.
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Show threadMKSinSAApr 13, 2023

@Gorba

Totally agree!

@jwstark @flexghost