| If he had access to those documents, then he must have a security clearance. Which would mean he either works for the government, either directly or as a contractor. Or he knows someone who does and they feed him the documents. |
DP here “But OG had a dark view of the government. The young member said he spoke of the United States, and particularly law enforcement and the intelligence community, as a sinister force that sought to suppress its citizens and keep them in the dark. He ranted about “government overreach.” Sure sounds like a liberal to me!! Nothing specific about being actual military but he clearly was a gun nutter conservative that worked at a secure military location. |
That’s been done already upthread. |
Why are you in a discussion of an article when you’re refusing to read the article? |
We get that. But instead of making this into a right vs left fight, which is so predictable and boring, it's best to be specific. And I'm a lefty, so I'm not trying to hide this man's obvious ties to guns and religion. I think if he was spewing MAGA bull, the teen would have reported that to WaPo. He sounds libertarian if anything, actually. Angry about government overreach, wants freedom to carry, etc. |
| As a parent, this is just so chilling. Plan to share the post article with my child. Just so sad to see kids bond with absolute strangers on the internet and get sucked into this nightmare. Smart parents getting them in touch with national media though. Jesus, I can’t imagine the panic I would have for my child in this situation. |
No he is a trump support and this is what one should expect from republicans. |
Pretending like we aren’t facing a right wing rambo gun nut problem is not going to make it go away. |
That's not what happened. An open source journalist, Aric Toler, tracked them down on April 9th and posted their twitter username. That's the point at which the big name publications got involved. This is likely the kid that posted them on the Minecraft server. It's actually his fault the documents went widespread. After he posted it on Minecraft then someone (else?) posted them on 4Chan, to win an internet argument, from where they got doctored and made their way to Telegram. This kid better start singing because he's about to enter a world of hurt. |
And he's probably the source for all the additional reporting on the many documents that were not part of the minecraft > 4chan > telegram chain. Most of the reporting on the leaks has now involved documents that did not make it into the broader realm. |
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The Fed’s have already figured out that it’s an Air National Guardsman and are looking for him.
He’s either committing suicide or will be caught within a day or two. Now the big question: who or what radicalized “OG”? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/world/documents-leak-leaker-identity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare |
He is most likely in Russia or mar a lago. Either way he is untouchable. |
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How the heck does an air national guard have access to this info?
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A 21 year old Airman 1st Class no less! |