(Current Mood!)
Last night commenter Sally asked:
Thank you. I accept that he disclosed information in order to impress the members of his group. Did he know exactly who those members were, and that they were not people who would utilise this information for nefarious purposes (rhetorical)? Anyway, I shall let it go and await further developments. Oh, just one more thing, can he also face a court-martial for this?
My understanding from the reporting is that he knew/knows who the members of the Discord channel are because he was the moderator. Additionally, from the reporting they were basically the teenage starter pack for an act of domestic terrorism or a mass shooting in the US and their equivalents in other states:
Well they seem nice…
It’s not really spillage either. Frankly, I’m not sure we actually have a term for this kind of disclosure of classified information.
I don’t understand, or maybe I’m missing some subtlety here. A DoD memorandum says,
A spillage occurs whenever classified information or CUI is transferred onto an information system not authorized for the appropriate security level or not having the required CUI protection or access controls.
That seems to be a reasonable description of what happened. Spillage plus unauthorized disclosure.
It is definitely unauthorized disclosure. It may be a type of spillage.
And Way2Blue asked:
My question is: How did Airman Teixeira clear the rather invasive scrutiny required for TS/SCI (or even TS) clearance? I would think any casual examination of his social media posts would raise a red flag or two. Ack.
First, kudos for the Bill the Cat reference! Second, my understanding is that online activity is largely off limits in the investigative process.
Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. Video below, English transcript after the jump:
War for Ukraine Day 416: You Have More Questions, I May Have More AnswersPost + Comments (65)