Discord Says Cooperating in Probe of Classified Material Breach (reuters.com) 24
Instant messaging platform Discord says it was cooperating with U.S. law enforcement's investigation into a leak of secret U.S. documents that has grabbed attention around the world. From a report: The statement comes as questions continue to swirl over who leaked the documents, whether they are genuine and whether the intelligence assessments in them are reliable. The documents, which carry markings suggesting that they are highly classified, have led to a string of stories about the war in Ukraine, protests in Israel and how the U.S. surveils friend and foe alike. The source of the documents is not publicly known, but reporting by the open-source investigative site Bellingcat has traced their earliest appearance to Discord, a communications platform popular with gamers. Discord's statement suggested it was already in touch with investigators. The White House also urged social media companies on Thursday to prevent the circulation of information that could hurt national security.
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Which makes me wonder how many other dickheads have access to stuff they shouldn't in the US military. Also why.
It's pretty funny if you really think about it.
Re:I thought they already got him (Score:4, Interesting)
His official position was Cyber Transport Systems Journeyman, part of the Air Force's Cyber Transport Systems unit. Which means his job was to specifically NOT ALLOW the thing he just did. So, yeah, he's fucked himself in degrees that very few ever do. He will very likely be brought up under article 106a and has an incredibly good chance of the death penalty. Barring that, he's never going to see the light of day again and at 21 years old, fuck, he's literally tossed his entire life in the garbage.
Re:I thought they already got him (Score:5, Interesting)
In a pointed tweet, Tom Nichols of the Atlantic, who himself had security clearance for 35 years, said: “I hope this guy isn’t the leaker, because I’m gonna have some questions about how a Mass Air Guard guy got CJCS [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] briefing slides.”
which is why I was laughing, because it really does look like a Mass Air Guard guy got CJCS briefing slides. What a shitshow.
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What do you mean by 106a? UCMJ 106a is about unauthorized ribbons, etc.:
https://mymilitarylawyers.com/... [mymilitarylawyers.com]
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Perhaps a potential Chinese leaker knows it won't face a trial but will receive a quick bullet in the head instead and that works as a deterrent
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Putin’s checks still clearing?
Re:Fascist adjacent! (Score:4, Insightful)
> BTW, it's ILLEGAL for us to be in this war with Russia
Granted it's far from neutral, but donating outdated military supplies to one side in a conflict is barely war - nearly every country in the world who has something to give has been trading military supplies to one side or another, most to Ukraine but not all. I'll give you that 14 American operatives are in Ukraine, (50 UK ones) still, not a war.
> not when an actual whistle blower needs...
Typically whistle blowers actually expose some horrible evil. I'm all for whistle blowers reporting on war crimes, but this just seems like a pure dump of military intel. Not hidden for the sake of hiding some attrocity on the US side, but just because it composes of a lot of allies military secrets.
> So glad that we're now closer to an actual nuclear war than any other time in history
You think we're closer now than the Cuban missile crisis, or when America was fighting a proxy wars vs the Russians (with giant number of US troops on the ground) in Vietnam, Korea and Afghanistan? It's not exactly the same as this is at Russia's borders, but it isn't the first time US and allies butted heads with Russia.
Also, letting Russia invade soverign countries un-opposed isn't the best plan for a safer tomorrow.
Clarification requested. (Score:1)
English? (Score:2)
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It's not great English, it's definitely "headline compressed". They are dropping the "they are" in the proper sentence, as it can be implied, but it's such a lousy thing to do, torturing the language like that. It's technically English, but the sort of English that would make your grandmother go tsk-tsk and roll her eyes.