U.S. Security Leak Blamed on National Guard Private (17)

Well, a lot of leaked U.S. classified records suggests that the Ukraine is losing the war in a very bad way. Well, that conclusion was frankly obvious. The leak just sort of confirms it, if the leak is real.

So the U.S. arrest a National Guard private as the culprit. He is an E-3. I don't know what level of security clearance he had. A Top Secret Clearance is not cheap. They talk to everyone they can find in your past.

But in the military, you can only access to your security clearance level AND the need to know.

I am curious how a National Guard E-3 had a need to know to access that level of information that far above his unit?

Oh, they arrested him. But my question remains valid.

Must have snook into the Secure Room,and stuffed the Documents into his Socks,Sandy Berger-Style!

I am curious as to where you got your story. A private is not an E3. The report I could find said he was Air Force, we don't have the rank "private," that's Army.. A1C Teoxiera leaked reports including classified evaluations, but I doubt they said what you say. He posted it on Discord, apparently, and added a little. He appears to have worked in a communications facility--that's how he got access. I doubt the idiot knew what he was reading.

Yea, the guys name will turn out to be Oswald. Dont believe anything while the circus is in the white house. Full story from the press corp soon.....

Jack Teixeira worked in the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Air National Guard. Their job is very sensitive and vital. They fly the drones that conduct Intelligence/Surveillance/Reconnaissance or “ISR” missions in support of the Air Force and warfighters on the ground in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and in support of special operations teams who may be sent anywhere on classified missions. That means that units need access to a broad amount of intelligence collection and analysis because they may be operating in multiple theaters against multiple threats. Their other mission is cyber intelligence collection and that is even broader in terms of scope.

Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air Force National Guard, made his initial appearance before a federal magistrate in Boston on Friday morning.
The criminal complaint alleges Teixeira "improperly and unlawfully retained and transmitted national defense information to people not authorized to receive it."

On Monday, the FBI interviewed an unidentified member of the Discord chatroom where Teixeira allegedly posted classified documents, according to the charging documents. That individual provided the FBI with information that the alleged leaker went by "Jack," appeared to live in Massachusetts and had claimed he was a member of the Air National Guard. He also said he'd chatted with him on video and that the suspect was "a white male who was clean-cut in appearance and between 20 and 30 years old," according to the charging documents.

That is unlikely.

The chain of responsibility in the US does not work like that.

Then I suggest to correct the news sites the posted an opinion that differs from your profound insights,

I served thirteen months with Americans in the Vietnam war and army command, daily visited William Westmoreland offices to collect mail and I think the American command structure leave lot to be desired.

A young national guardsman was charged Friday with orchestrating the most damaging leak of U.S. classified documents in a decade, as the government signaled it intends to make an example of the 21-year-old.



NEW YORK, April 15. /TASS/. Accused of leaking classified Pentagon documents, US Air National Guard serviceman Jack Douglas Teixeira could be sentenced to 15 years in prison if convicted, The New York Times said.

Earlier, Teixeira was charged with two counts of unauthorized seizure of classified documents and defense materials and unauthorized possession and transmission of national defense information. The first count carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison. On the second count, Teixeira could be sentenced to ten years in prison.

The next court hearing is to take place on April 19. The defendant will remain in custody for the time being.

On Thursday, a US Air National Guard serviceman Teixeira was arrested on suspicion of publishing classified documents. According to US media reported, he heads the Thug Shaker Central Discord community, through which, preliminarily, the Pentagon's secret materials got on the Internet. The photos accompanying the New York Times article showed there were armored vehicles and armed law enforcement officers present at the scene of his detention.

US President Joe Biden ealier said that he had ordered investigators to determine why the alleged leaker had access to such sensitive information, which included records showing details of Ukrainian military vulnerabilities and embarrassed Washington by revealing its spying on allies.

Idiot. E-3 is still a private.

In some instances an E-4 might be a corporal. It depends.

And he is National Guard. Or did that clever obvious indicator allude your Sherlock Holmes' mind?

No, Ukraine has lost ten times what the Russians have. It isn't complicated, Russia has ten times the artillery and no shortage of ammunition. This is an artillery war.

Don't matter which side you want to win. That is just the way of war.

The Russians don't need to advance. The Ukraine conscript old men and children to come to them. And die in the most useless of conflicts.

Hint, the Russians are not having a supply problem. Comic books are not a valid source.