Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   The "Alleged" Leaker Date:   4/13/2023 10:43:17 AM (updated 4/13/2023 11:00:13 AM)

Just read an interesting opinion piece about contractors working in a classified enviroment having access to sensitive, classified material.  Its true. The war on terror drastically increased the number of people they needed to work on militarty intelligence, so they hired contractors to do the work that there wasn't enough govt people to do.  Since getting a TS takes so long (can take up to a year for them to run down all your contacts, neighbors, associates, family, friends), they were granting "interim TS" to contractors.  

The thing about acess to any classified material is to not only hold the clearance, but also a "need to know".  from what I am reading, the information compromised appears to be lifted from the daily briefing given to senior military leaders.  

I'm not saying that the leaker is contractor - he could almost anyone.  It seems like he fite the description like so many others - male, in his 20s, wanting to feel important, and in this case, feel important to a group of young gamers.  They said he went so far as to decipher the terminology used in the reporting for them to understand.  

In my opinion, they need to crack down on who is getting these high level clearnaces and stop granting interim TS.  It seems as though the whole classification and clearance system has gotten very loose, and too easily compromised.  I imagine when they find this guy they will prosecute him, although if he turns out to be a minority or trans, he'll probably have an excuse. 

The fact that he bragged about working in a secure environment, where they didn't allow phones or cameras just says that he worked in a SCIF where TS documents can be accessed and read.  it woud be fairly easy to take the documents home - because to my knowledge, most places do not inspect anyone that works there leavng the area.