Online Bloviators Spill US Classified Secrets

[blastula]

Another guy just got charged for a similar crime.

Retired Army officer charged with sharing classified information about Ukraine on foreign dating site

"Beloved Dave, do NATO and Biden have a secret plan to help us," an unnamed person asked retired Army officer David Slater in one message.

www.cbsnews.com

Air Force Employee Indicted for Unlawful Disclosure of Classified National Defense Information

A civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), at Offutt Air Force Base, was arrested Friday, March 1, for allegedly conspiring to transmit and transmitting classified information relating to the national defense (National Defense Information or...

www.justice.gov

 

[Shadowy Man]

Teixeira pled to a deal for 16 years.

Air National Guard leaker Jack Teixeira faces more than 16 years prison

The Massachusetts Air National Guard airman pled guilty to leaking secret military documents for over a year to an online gaming forum.

taskandpurpose.com

That was quick. Guess he should have appealed to the Supreme Court for claims of immunity.

Edited to add: by the way, what does the phrase “between 11 years and more than 16 years” mean? Between 11 and some number more than 16? Isn’t that just the same as “at least 11”?

 

[TomC]

Teixeira pled to a deal for 16 years.

Air National Guard leaker Jack Teixeira faces more than 16 years prison

The Massachusetts Air National Guard airman pled guilty to leaking secret military documents for over a year to an online gaming forum.

taskandpurpose.com

That was quick. Guess he should have appealed to the Supreme Court for claims of immunity.

Edited to add: by the way, what does the phrase “between 11 years and more than 16 years” mean? Between 11 and some number more than 16? Isn’t that just the same as “at least 11”?

Luckily, he was helping destroy the USA and NATO so when Trump fights his way into power he'll get a pardon.
Tom

 

[repoman]

Anyone have a take on how this compares to The Pentagon Papers?

 

[TomC]

Anyone have a take on how this compares to The Pentagon Papers?

How about back when America was Great and the Rosenbergs were executed for doing what he and Trump did?

I'm not big on capital punishment, but I have nuanced opinions on the subject.
Tom

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Anyone have a take on how this compares to The Pentagon Papers?

It isn't remotely close. This kid was bragging about having access to such info and was trying to make his schlong look larger by leaking intel docs he had no idea what he was releasing.

We don't know why Trump kept his docs, but at best, we know he leaked information without even intending too, and these secret docs were not remotely secure, and available for anyone to access (and if we knew he had them, so did other intelligence orgs).

 

[blastula]

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years on federal charges

Prosecutors said Jack Teixeira "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history."

abcnews.go.com

Jack Teixeira, the former Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who prosecutors said "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history," was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release.

 

[ZiprHead]

I guess it could be "the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history" if you forget about Trump's document thefts.

 

[TomC]

I guess it could be "the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history" if you forget about Trump's document thefts.

This boggles my mind. People have been executed for swiping fewer top secret documents than Trump did.
But so-called patriots just elected him to POTUS!
Tom

 

[thebeave]

I guess it could be "the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history" if you forget about Trump's document thefts.

I'd give Trump and Biden a tie win on that one.

 

[TomC]

I guess it could be "the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history" if you forget about Trump's document thefts.

I'd give Trump and Biden a tie win on that one.

In what way?
Tom

 

[thebeave]

I guess it could be "the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history" if you forget about Trump's document thefts.

I'd give Trump and Biden a tie win on that one.

In what way?
Tom

Biden had a lot of classified documents stored in his garage for years, long before Trump was in the picture. Have you forgotten already?

 

[TomC]

I guess it could be "the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history" if you forget about Trump's document thefts.

I'd give Trump and Biden a tie win on that one.

In what way?
Tom

Biden had a lot of classified documents stored in his garage for years, long before Trump was in the picture. Have you forgotten already?

What I remember is that the documents were stored in a garage as secure as his sports car, were old and low level, and when he noticed them he immediately called the appropriate agents to come and get them.

You call that a tie?
Tom

 

[Elixir]

What I remember is that the documents were stored in a garage as secure as his sports car, were old and low level, and when he noticed them he immediately called the appropriate agents to come and get them.

You call that a tie?
Tom

Yeah, the right does call that a tie. Also add Mike Pence to the "democrats stole secrets" list.

 

[Gospel]

Document-related issues have affected presidents from both parties. Reagan and Obama are among the few who managed without significant controversies in this area. Most others encountered issues primarily with email records, given the newer challenges of digital documentation. Trump and Biden are the only recent presidents with notable issues involving physical records, with Trump’s handling, in particular, drawing especially intense scrutiny for well-documented reasons.

Edit: Post Presidential Records Act! Realized I need to be specific—just in case someone doesn’t give me the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Shadowy Man]

I guess it could be "the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history" if you forget about Trump's document thefts.

I'd give Trump and Biden a tie win on that one.

In what way?
Tom

Biden had a lot of classified documents stored in his garage for years, long before Trump was in the picture. Have you forgotten already?

What I remember is that the documents were stored in a garage as secure as his sports car, were old and low level, and when he noticed them he immediately called the appropriate agents to come and get them.

You call that a tie?
Tom

Yes. They compare by kind not by degree.

I pinch your earlobe, you knock out my teeth with your fist. We are even, right?

Recall that the right claims that Clinton also thought her electoral loss lead to an illegitimate president. Just the same as Trump did, right?

 

[Ford]

Trump has picked Russian stooge Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. So we'll be handing the secrets over to Vlad directly.