21-year-old guardsman arrested for massive military intelligence leak | PENTAGON UPDATE

Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder gave an update on the military intelligence leaked on a social media site by a 21-year-old American.

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43 comments

    1. That was 1 of 36 democrat law clerks, democrats don’t face the punishments for their crimes.

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      @Live And Inspired nice try but the opinion document was written by Justice Samuel Alito, one of the most conservative members of the court.

  1. Military intelligence operators go through security screening before they are accepted to their specialized training , which is in addition to the security screening when they join the service as a recruit. That screening focuses on if they could be a security risk . (i.e. could he be turned into an asset for the Russians) Recruits also pledge allegiance and sign a type of non-disclosure agreement prior to their intel training, so legally if caught he is in deep trouble. Operators have different roles, but primarily collecting and analyzing information and an intel officer presenting a briefing to a commander. The notes he posted on Discord seemed to be at a high level for senior officers? Maybe his role was helping an intelligence officer put together reports from higher and distributing them? Anyway, he is in deep trouble he’s lucky that the last fire squad was carried out in WWII.

    1. From what I understand he was on the cyber security side so I would imagine he looked very hard and hacked for the info.

    2. @dra6o0n there’s other sources stating the kid was trying to be the big kid on campus. He had a cyber security background so it’s not out of the realm of what you’re saying. Find out soon enough.

  2. πŸ˜‚With the way youth are today, it is the military that are fully responsible to have given that info to a millennial !

    1. @Walter Grace Hahaha right thing! That’s relative. Right to you may not be right for me just like rogue for me is not rogue for you.

    1. Definitely. It’s an op. They’re already trying to spin it that he was a “firearms enthusiast”.

    2. I think so too but we will never know. These type always say never let a crisis go to waste. They will find a way to blame Trump as usual. Wonder if it will be a memo this time

  3. I just want to say whatever he leaked thank you for doing your countrymen a great service hopefully we get to see what it is

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  4. “In Connection” so he wasn’t alone and will probably be the scape goat???”In Connection” so he wasn’t alone and will probably be the scape goat???

  5. What an embarrassing display of obsequious boot-licking. The content and context of these specific leaks matters far less than the so-called journalistic response.

    “How can you create better safety procedures to maintain secrecy?” Is this seriously what passes for journalism? I thought journalists were supposed to fight for a more open Society rather than berate government officials for failing to maintain secrecy.

  6. How does a 21 year old get access to secret documents ? I’m sure this kid was a set up to take the fall, because he is still a kid, they’ll have less punishment for him.

    1. 21 old enough to be in the special forces doing the most clandestine activities that America does.

  7. The documents should be micro coated with an encrypted messages via tiny dots/lines. The specific codes should refer to each group or person who has the document, should that document get leaked, you will know who the source of the leak was. You’re welcome.

  8. Unfortunately he let the truth out which they do there best to hide. He shouldn’t have revealed any names cause that becomes a security risk

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