Pentagon leak: Member of Massachusetts Air National Guard arrested - BBC News 

maybe his boss is not too security mind and will also be in trouble!

My thoughts exactly.

Exactly what I was thinking. What's his rank?.. how old? Is he a full time member? Why would a young national guardsmen member have access to this type of paperwork?...

I think he is the scapegoat.

@@jernall683 absolutely !! like Lee Harvey Oswald ... hmm maybe it like the movie War Games 👁

😂

Lazy worker in higher post that had younger ones to do the shit jobs like sending mails or printing or take it from place A to B(used him as an errand boy).

The ban on Huawei has given the impression to Pentagon that no classified document will be leaked.

LOL

It's there in the title..

Yes I am sure he done it for "internet kudos" 🤦🤡

They will release him .he is white

Reallly gonna feel good in 20years

@@lukemurray4950 Why else put it out in a closed group? What a fool.

kid?

Everyone searching “thug shaker” rn

文件包括 中国的东风27 。 美国对韩国总统的窃听，现在他已经搬出青瓦台了。包括对联合国秘书长的窃听。美国试图挑拨台海战争。美国指挥乌克兰对俄罗斯作战，当中包括许多战争兵力图。（文件中还记叙了美国扶持的乌克兰组织率先炮击了俄罗斯边境地区从而引发战争）

i think that was teixeira's master plan all along

Gen Z 💪🏿

​@@kareemdurrant139 cuz gen z are the only ones to leak docs 🫠

Not just any discord. Thug shaker central.

To those wondering why classified jobs are done by people so young. many young people are in high security Jobs. It's like the people who operate the nuclear launch switches are all in their early 20s because older people will be more aware and concerned of their actions and may have family and children that may effect their decision making. Young people have their advantages.

So called no.1 military of the world and it's security of documents 😂

How is this shocking? If you have that level of clearance, and you work in that environment supporting a particular mission, your age is less relevant.

I’m assuming they pinned it on the first patsy they could to stop the embarrassment. Doubt a reservist could do this.

Adam Kissinger was a Lt Commander in the Air National Guard and states that the suspect did have the need for access for some of the information.

He joined the miltary and I'm sure he was briefed and trained on what you can and can't do with a security clearance. Spillage of sensitive information is a big no no, so this guy is going to go to jail for a long time. They should know that what they were doing was up to no good and they're going to suffer the consequences.

@@hadesomegamoto7639 Life sentence in Leavenworth military prison!

Seems likely he is a scapegoat. I mean no way in hell he had top clearance himself

If it were a female leftist, BBC would be praising the leaker

@@simplicitas5113 many in the military is very young,

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Well, he's a complete idiot..

You can have access at the age of 18, if you have the clearance and need to know.

Exactly!!!!

@@seangonzales8161 Pimped by the GRU... little idiot😡😡😡😡

Why wouldn't he? People that young have been trusted with that and more many times.

More to this

In the Guard no less lmao

No? He just had access.

It is

@@seangonzales8161 the government probably allowed it to happen longer and it's funny that other nations didn't even realize that it was out in the public for a while it took everyone an embarrassing amount of time to figure this one out

Why what?

@@thor.halsli Why is someone that young given TS and why someone in the Nation’s guard? The National guard makes less sense to me than his age does.

Freedumbs and liberty, democracy u know? Otherwise we'd just be like big bad communist russia and china.

@@kuttermcneil1520 The documents that I read were labeled as secret. That might somewhat explain it but not really.

Air National Guard!

Data is useless if no one knows about it

They didn’t just trip and fall into passing security clearance. This idiot just happened to be dumb enough to release info. Sayonara to him….Don’t drop the soap

All of them sign NDA. They know what kind of consequences comes with breaking the NDA.

Couldn't agree with you more ! And we are expecting another one Hollywood blockbuster about heroic adventures of James Bond, Ethan Hunt or Jason Bourne !

That was really insightful. You should work for the intelligence service.

​@@jinxterx he's capping but he's talking about his brother

​@@yoplays8555 What's Capping? Because he doesn't use any.

Your brother is a coward he should have done what this 21 year old hero did.

@@ahlukayr hero, are you saying this person that has leaked classified information a hero. I wouldn’t use that word he’s more like an idiot for leaking classified information because only an idiot would think about doing it and risk going to jail for the rest of their life and I wouldn’t think he did it for any noble cause he probably did it to get paid or did it the show of to his friends on discord, which makes it a hell of a lot more stupid either way he has ruined his life

He certainly didn't screw up alone!

I know captains who are national socs, of course he isn’t alone

@@dylanmurphy9389 socs?

He & his cronies need to be made an example of. Treason is not forgiveable.

Correct. He was working with the intelligence service.

If it were a female leftist, BBC would be praising the leaker

If not he's higher ups are going get the shakedown of a lifetime

Negligence is still a federal crime within the intel community. They are NOT out of the woods.

He will be dead. The government will not allow that Joe Biden will have him killed

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Oh you got some documents on you alright

@@kaga_me lmao no i dont, the servers name is funny asf

Are you saying 21 year olds aren’t responsible?

​@@crossfam5940 yes

Most people in there military are in their early 20s.

@@DetroitMuscle *their

@@randomguy6152 then you are wrong

that's the real question, and why is it supposedly critical Ukrainian information? It's the NATIONAL GUARD, wtf. My guess is this kid was just sharing stuff he probably didn't understand why it was secrete with his friends or just showing off to his friends and EVERYONE is blowing this out of proportion and are literally trying to witch hunt this kid.

Well the reserve/guard makes up about 35%+ of the total force so it would make sense that reserve/guard have the same access as the rest of the force.

Agreed, although I think his age and apparent motivation (and the fact this leak isn't super damaging) should be considered in being lenient in sentencing. We should be encouraging enlisted and civilians to report security vulnerabilities, make it more appealing / rewarding than "impressing your friends" at least. (this is all assuming that the accused hacked / escalated privileges to access the info, so could be way off by the time we know more)

We knew all of this before he was arrested.

What was disturbing?

The US are up to some dodgy dealings and everyone is more concerned with how the guy got the documents it's mad the media seem to just be trying to push how did he got instead of what are the US up to

Very good point, probably the best point I've seen so far. I take some solace in the fact that similar Chinese leaks have happened just like this, and that governments in the west aren't reading all of our communications (well they probably are actually, but less likely to arrest you for saying "war is wrong" I guess?)

@@mostlymessingabout "What was disturbing", these documents are proving the masses are still being used to support a WAR being fueled by nefarious companies and individuals. EVIL MEN AND WOMEN IN HIGH PLACES. THE TRUTH MUST COME OUT!

I can't believe it went unnoticed for a month

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Good guys, I hope they continue exposing the war crimes of the American empire. One day, they will stop their occupation of Europe, our homeland

Actually it was another member in the group not him..he was given this info..imo...

Pics or it didn't happen

They got the job and a clearance. Like 4 million other Americans.

​@@richardm4825 no one has confirmed he had clearance for this information. Most likely he did not.

@@CS-pl8fc most likely he did

@@richardm4825 a 21 year old guardsman would not have access to this information.

​@@mgm8822 Too many factors to tell. We don't know if he acquired unauthorized access to someone else's Common Access Card or entered someone's office. And we don't know what was leaked, per se. Can't be too sure.

Well the Daily Mail had some photos of the documents. Nothing was TS on that link, but was classified as Secret but since its on the internet its not really Secret anymore😉

Inniyvbrub cockynlittle bugger man innit

Julian Assange comes to mind reading that quote.

I didn't know that. But the more the United States knows, the safer the world 🌏 is. I am sure they did it legally -- with a legitimate search warrant.

What's funny is when the government starts war and expects all the men to go, men like me are simply going to identify as female children non combatants. You want to act like you don't know what a man is now, I will act like I don't know what one is when it's time for the wars they are trying to start! 🤣

...You know Chelsea Manning came out and her sentence stuck. If anything it got worse. You do know that, right?

🥱

Jog you’re a little weird ngl

maybe he should claim to be a Jan 6th traitor and Trump supporter and member of Neonazis, maybe Trump will pardon him

Well, gee whiz, we graduate young men and women from the Air Force Academy, train them, and then let them fly billion dollar bombers!!!!! Oh my God, they are only 23 or 24 years old. We have to trust these youngsters numb nuts, that is who the military recruits?????

He had access 4 years ago, at the age of 17 at the beginning of COVID (when he shared it online) and before

文件包括 中国的东风27 。 美国对韩国总统的窃听，现在他已经搬出青瓦台了。包括对联合国秘书长的窃听。美国试图挑拨台海战争。美国指挥乌克兰对俄罗斯作战，当中包括许多战争兵力图。（文件中还记叙了美国扶持的乌克兰组织率先炮击了俄罗斯边境地区从而引发战争）

Reeks like your pants.

The information has, apparently, been sitting on the notice board for months. The other info, while damaging, isn't recent.

It wouldn't have taken them long to figure out.

@@messrsandersonco5985 Not correct.

@@brinjoness3386 This would not have been found out at all if he had never posted them to the discord server. He could literally continue doing this unnoticed if it wasn't for his ego

I second this post.

Is Discord a gaming site? Is it like Reddit? I recognize the name but have no idea what it is.

@@B_Bodziak It's a software that users can create private groups or "servers" on. These servers allow people to communicate through text and pictures or through private or group calls (both audio and video available). There are many features to optimize and tune the server to the specific needs and liking of your community. Discord is most useful for giving a shared virtual space for your community, whether for gaming, discussing a common interest or organizing events. Servers can be both private and public. They range in size from small servers mainly serving a single friend group to massive public communities with thousands of members. In addition to servers, you can also chat privately with individual people. Discord is a one-stop service for basically all your online communication and community needs.

@@B_Bodziak Simple answer, when you hear discord think Skype. It's a modern skype.

@@B_Bodziak It's just an application for creating forums and communicating, like Slack, Teams, etc.

There was a nuclear submarine commander in Hawaii that got caught selling LSD a few years ago! People think things are under control LOL 🤡

@@dustinmiller2775 bless him

You'd be suprised how behind governments are in understanding the modern Internet.

There are no mentally able people in our government. Take a look at Alexandria O Cortez or Ilham Omar, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck ...............The list goes on and on.

He is not a teenager, he is 21.

Think about how many life's will be saved...

​@Hopi Denisova no, if his leak effected the war in Ukraine to benefit ruzzians , then I will but a 1 way ticket for you to ruzzia through Ukraine if you make it

@@hopidenisovaNone. Whose life is being saved just because they know that the US knows of the arms deals that Russia is negotiating? Who was going to die because the whole world didn’t know that the US was probably spying on South Korea to find out whether they’d sell weapons that could be used in Ukraine? The answer to both those questions is not a single person.

@@hopidenisova Less, you dimwit Tankie

He loves guns and is a right wing gun nut. That's the kind of guy you put minding your classified stuff? God help the USA 😅

@@batcollins3714 I guess the left wing nuts are obsessed about having a vagina and identifying as a women.

@mudshovel 289 Was leaking sensitive info so that it was easily accessible to *ANYONE* his *JOB* ??? If what you say is true, then the US and all their allies are *doomed* _Tom's wife Pam_

​@@mudshovel290And become cannon fodder which is what they're good for 🎉

I think he is now signed up for a life of peeling potatoes

Operation Mincemeat in the Spring Offensive!

This “little boy” is an adult. I agree he shouldn’t have access to sensitive information, but he made the choice to illegally share classified info. Therefore, he must face the legal consequences.

He's not a kid, he's 21 years old!

You might be right, yes. And regarding the leak itself - it's none of Chinese or Russians business what does US do and where. They better look what they do themselves, because lately they've been keen on invading other countries and interfering with their inner business.

He must have one helluva memory if he could go into a scif and later type out parts of a document verbatim. I find it strange that a 21yr old with a part time military position has access to SCIF-required docs

That's the average age of a air force nuclear missileer.. Not really a big deal.

The average IQ in America has gone down a lot in recent times, there are many studies on this.

@@dylanmurphy9389 what's one of the studies names?

hey cyyan, what is it like being a boot-licking Marxist Brown Shirt who bends the knees to the State? Do you like your country authorizing illegal wars on your behalf? Do you then like that same countries government LYING to you about the success and efficacy of such an endeavor You disgust me, you ignorant, knee-bending cuck.

And tan a lot😂

You're a bit confused and likely uninformed. This is a case where a "PUBLIC SECTOR" organisation messed up. This isn't the private sector, where they take security a bit more seriously than these people: Amazon AWS is way more secure than these jokers.

Not sure what the national guard would be doing with actively critical information on the Ukraine war for some 21 year old IT guy to gain access to. At most he should have access to active directory (viewing user accounts and putting in tickets to have user accounts created) and in the field access to routers, switches, only local IP addresses/gateway and servers. He wasn't getting Ukraine war info on a field op so that leaves literally NO REASON for this guy to be remotely close to critical information.

What info? Please explain what he exposed that was so bad? I know you cant, but your here ranting ignorantly anyway.

@dezz nutz I really don't know what info, I guess the type of info being stated, US and British soldiers in Ukraine, and in his position, he probably shouldn't have said a thing, I feel kinda bad for the Kid..his life is over but should have known better than ti brag on a Discord video game site with other kids

@dezz nutz they kinda info that should not be talked about on a Discord video game site, lose lips sink ships, it is a war and wasn't his place to make that info public, US and UK soldiers being active in Ukraine, ya we all kinda knew but now we know, I feel bad for the Kid his lif will never be the same, in fact it will be a mess, just for bragging to his video game buddies...maybe iam wrong but the world is seriously dangerous...more now then in a long time..✌️ 🙏

You clearly do not know how classified items work.

I smell naīvete.

..and you know all this right? :D

Great comment thanks for posting ! Officer cadets get top security clearance and have to pass to continue in school. THAT does not give them access to top secret documents of any sort. People are confusing clearance and access.

You sound like an expert.

​@@als1023 this. Clearance is not access.

@@lmaoroflcopter Very good point

Yep

Tell me you have never been in the military and I will understand your comment.

And beer.

1st and 3rd sounds like a MAGAT

They’re also misogynistic and no doubt homophobic. It’s all one MAGA package.

Not American at all, but typical of a Republican traitor!

😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭so American

Remember how difficult it was to obtain Benedict Donald's stolen classified documents?

really, do we now?🤨 ... in 1943 the whole invasion of sicily got 'leaked' to the nazi's ... turned out it was a whole setup by the allies. Code name: operation mincemeat. There's exactly 0 proof, just a bunch of data with half thruths...

Putin has been saying u.s and u.k were in Ukraine already. It pains me that it's not a lie. Who can we believe at this point. I believe the 21 year old whistle blower

This is a joke 😂 some 21 year old kids got access to the dogs? ..serious ?

​@@j_oleksa 😂😂😂 total drama

I think they'll make a Netflix documentary series out of this.

What's worse.... Is when you look back at movies from the 50s 60s 70s 80s etc ... About government, White House, presidents... How many of these ideas are copied from movies of the past ???!!!???

Because men are now marginalized in today's feminized society, no man can be loyal to a society that marginalizes him

Generation

Nah this bullshit story is intentional.

Plenty of good reason

@@DarthQueefious Yeah, you never know when a battalion of ruzzian convict/soldiers is going to jump out at you from around a corner in Bumfuck WI, USA! Maybe I'm old, but I've always believed that if I needed a weapon of war for self defence in my OWN country...then I was in the wrong place with the wrong people! And in my youth, I was often in some dangerous places with plenty of suspect people, but never felt I needed more than my own wits and limbs for self defence. And yes I *have* been shot at. _Tom's wife Pam_

Yes, a 21 year old can also get drunk and then get behind a wheel of an automobile. An act that kills more Americans every years then 21 year olds with rifles. Of course facts dont matter to ignorant sheep like yourself.

it is too easy for him to get a hardcopy of top-secret document, so unlikely this document is authentic.

Correct. They're not fake and what really matters is how we can dismantle the Intelligence Services and other institutions that work against the common good of all mankind.

I think you just mentioned that he's in the Air National Guard.

HOW? HOW? HOW? I'm not going to be able to sleep until WE have ANSWERS!

Yep looks like it.

How is someone who demonstrably uploaded these images to a server accessed by 20-30 witnesses 'a scapegoat'?!

@@fleet3995 People have wild imaginations. To be fair though, they are probably blowing out of proportion what the documents hold. I'm sure the idiot was just trying to give his friends something to talk about or he was trying to show off. I doubt the documents were critical to Ukraine like I've been hearing. I just don't understand what use the air national guard would have with ANYTHING to do with wars outside of this country logistically unless it's the national guards old equipment were taking Ukrainian money for so our military industrial complex has more excuse to spend MORE taxpayer dollars on newer and newer tech. Even still, a 21 year old IT guy wouldn't have access to that kind of information. At most this kid handled IP addresses and servers in the field, user accounts in garrison, gear transfers wouldn't be in this guys line of work

Can't agree that all gamers can be classified like that, it's pretty mainstream and popular these days with all types of people. But I completely agree with your point. I think we need to increase our cyber capabilities and security.

Sir, why is the n-word part of your name? 🤔

@@Abm5544 You mean negro? That is not the N word. In Spanish it means black but I am sure you already know that and the ironic thing is I am Caucasian.

@@Abm5544 it means ‘black’.

Never served? they have young men, 18-20 years old working inside rooms where you have to surrender your phone before entering because they contain secrete level docs. Don't think, know.

Its clear you dont know anything ABOUT classified documents.

He is just a scapegoat. Welcome the narrative war. Just like January 6TH. No more, no less.

文件包括 中国的东风27 。 美国对韩国总统的窃听，现在他已经搬出青瓦台了。包括对联合国秘书长的窃听。美国试图挑拨台海战争。美国指挥乌克兰对俄罗斯作战，当中包括许多战争兵力图。（文件中还记叙了美国扶持的乌克兰组织率先炮击了俄罗斯边境地区从而引发战争）

I second that.

@Wired4words Thank you, couldn't agree more. While other comments are mainly asking "how did this happen?" or "he's just a kid" you see an area you don't have full knowledge of but have the wisdom and modesty to admit we need to know more. IF he accessed these documents by "hacking" then there's two answers to "how easy is it". One is "pretty easy" where he simply used his existing access level (and a little know-how) to gain access to sensitive systems. The other is "hard" where he's breaking in directly. In either case he's shown that we need to patch that right up, you can bet his particular method will now become nigh impossible. There's very highly skilled state-sanctioned "hackers" fighting constantly online, when they talk "hybrid warfare" this is it. You're 100% right, Pentagon etc. probably do know the risks but sometimes a new war needs a new strategy and way of thinking.

Nope, we cant do that. If you just read through these comments, People are outraged at HIM! He exposed the truth WHICH OUR GOVERNMENT has been lying to us about, and people, sorry SHEEPLE, are angry at HIM!!

Name a specific lie and we will talk about it.

really, what foreign enemy did he give the info to again? I don't think traitor is accurate here, just dipshit.

Reading this comment from you is not hilarious. I could group you together with the younger than boomer age group and say insulting generalizations, but I won't. I will put a curse on you instead.

@@jeanneknight4791 Boomer in this case has less to do with age and more to do with being out of touch. Go curse your mama you cuckoo.

Your right a lot of his friends gonna be locked up right along with him.

He is not a kid, he is an adult and he should be tried like one, no excuses!

You underestimate 21 year olds. 21 year olds can act alone.

1. Have a Secret of higher clearance because its required for his job. 2. Have a SIPR account and access to system in secure location (SCIF or equivalent). 3. A desire to snoop in things what he did not have a need to know. 4. Forgets about the NDA he signed.

And a traitor to the US for leaking that kind of information that a simple nobody should never gain clearance to

He is a sort of Manchurian candidate, so-called 'sleeping agent'. While being a baby he was covertly sent to the USA. Then he was rised as 100% white American. One day a Russian satellite, flying above, transmitted a special code right into his head, starting all Anti-American destructive programs....

What a laughable ignorant comment. This comment shows how FAKE NEWS continues to lie and obfuscate the truth for the Biden Admin. The fact of the matter is he exposed the truth about the Ukraine-Russia war which they have been lying about for the last 14 months. Please educate yourself and stop commenting ignorantly on social media.

You mean documents in the garage 😂

That guy in Florida is under investigation for those documents, too

@@SL-zz7mg well at least that guy in florida was allowed to have them and stored them securly unlike the idiot who stored them in his garage where his junkie son could get to them. As for the kid we will see

@@theharshtruth1893 I guess you missed the part where the documents were REMOVED FROM Mar-a-Lago by the FBI, despite Trump trying to keep them by lying about even possessing them in May or June of 2022.