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).