Pentagon leaks linked to young gun enthusiast who worked at military base

Some more links. Bellingcat broke the Discord server story 5 days ago[1]. The Washington Post has a stunning story, including barely obscured video (unaltered voice) from a teenager who was active in the group and considers himself a good friend of the leaker[2]. The Guardian story cites and quotes extensively from the WP story, so that should be considered the original source, but does add more context. Emptywheel (who has been pretty consistently excellent when it comes to leaks and the like) has more analysis[3].<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bellingcat.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;2023&#x2F;04&#x2F;09&#x2F;from-discord-to-4chan-the-improbable-journey-of-a-us-defence-leak&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bellingcat.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;2023&#x2F;04&#x2F;09&#x2F;from-discord-to-4...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2023&#x2F;04&#x2F;12&#x2F;discord-documents-oxide-wow-mao&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2023&#x2F;04&#x2F;12&#x2F;discord...</a><p>[3]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.emptywheel.net&#x2F;2023&#x2F;04&#x2F;13&#x2F;bear-versus-pig-on-the-thug-shaker-but-not-a-fascist-recruiting-site&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.emptywheel.net&#x2F;2023&#x2F;04&#x2F;13&#x2F;bear-versus-pig-on-the...</a>

The leaker&#x27;s failures are obvious. The real failure by far is that access to this kind of &quot;secret&quot; material seems to be so easy to get.

So many of the comments I&#x27;ve seen about this follow a similar pattern: 1) sounds like the leaker was a trumper, 2) I can&#x27;t wait til he gets what he deserves.<p>As with any leak of this kind, stories on the people involved make for juicy gossip, and everyone seems to fixate on that rather than the content.

Where can I read the actual leaked documents. I noticed it mainly with MSM. They refuse to link to the original source material. Other media would almost always source their information

How does a teenager gain top secret clearance to a SCIF?

From a different article it says he is a Air National Guard &quot;cyber transport systems journeyman&quot;. Why does that role have access to such incredible amount of TS information? The Pentagon&#x27;s lack of control of their data is asking for more leaks by the lowest level petty leakers

Whatever his reasoning was, this guy saved thousands of lives by forcing the delay of the Ukrainian counter-offensive. Still a more positive effect than some Peace Nobels had overall.

I’m skeptical. This seems designed to give the government carte blanche to go after more of the rightwing types who got caught up in Jan 6. I don’t support what happened Jan 6, but I can’t help but notice how quickly it was use as an excuse for repression. Very predictable.

Same mistake of reality winner.

Do you remember when mainstream media outlets like WaPo and The Guardian went out of their way to refuse to publish any details about the Trump resistance leaker, even after his identity became publicly known?<p>Now they go out of their way to expose this one. Mainstream media outlets are really arms of the Western security state. I should hope this is absolutely clear to everyone at this point.

Distrusts the government, but also works for it? I&#x27;d call that a mole. The decades-long infiltration of the military by openly racist, anti-democratic, and even anti-government &quot;people&#x27;s militia&quot; types needs to be stopped.

&quot;The origins of the leaks on Thug Shaker Central was first reported on Sunday by the Bellingcat&quot;<p>Ok my warning alarm is going off. If you don&#x27;t know Bellingcat has been at the center of some very shady assertions on &quot;intel&quot; they gathered, and thus I find this coming from them to be highly suspicious. I would caution people to not jump to conclusions on this one till more evidence is out, and keep in mind Bellingcat isn&#x27;t trustworthy.