Military Employee Exposed As U.S. Secret Document Leaker

The person behind the large leak of secret U.S. paperwork that uncovered our spying on allies and the dire scenario with Ukraine’s warfare in opposition to Russia reportedly labored on a navy base and launched delicate info in an internet chat discussion board throughout the COVID pandemic.

For the reason that doc dump final Friday, FBI brokers have been working furiously to trace down the perpetrator, whereas the Pentagon has minimize the quantity of people that have entry to the kind of labeled materials that was leaked.

However, it seems the Washington Post has beat the feds to the punch. In accordance with a brand new report in WAPO, the suspect, recognized solely as “OG,” joined the invitation-only platform, Discord, in 2020 as a result of he felt a kinship with the opposite members, who have been additionally gun fans and lovers of God.

OG was seen as a frontrunner of their small community as a result of he claimed to own confidential info withheld from most of the people. However, at first, his fellow members paid no thoughts to the weird acronyms and unfamiliar technical jargon OG utilized in his usually lengthy posts.

Then one member began zeroing in on OG’s messages and put two and two collectively. Certainly, OG’s info was coming immediately from labeled intelligence experiences.

WAPO says OG admitted to taking the paperwork dwelling from his job on a “military base,” which barred workers from having digital units contained in the safe facility for worry they’d {photograph} the delicate info.

OG advised the group that he spent hours formulating the intelligence experiences so he may share them on Discord. The web platform was primarily a spot the place members would go to swap memes, inform jokes and make idle banter throughout the peak of the pandemic. OG, nonetheless, used the platform to preach about world affairs and secret authorities ops.

One member advised WaPo OG wished to “keep us in the loop,” and believed his inside information of presidency secrets and techniques provided safety from threats posed the world over.

The member added, “He’s a sensible particular person. He knew what he was doing when he posted these paperwork, in fact. These weren’t unintentional leaks of any form.”

As you understand, extremely labeled navy paperwork concerning the Ukraine/Russia warfare lately surfaced on-line, making Pentagon officers panic. The leaked info pointed to holes in Ukraine’s air protection programs and revealed personal assessments by allies, together with the U.S., on intelligence issues.