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Not a spy, but a braggart? Disclosure of classified documents in the US

2023-04-14 17:56:34Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Not a spy, but a braggart? Disclosure of classified documents in the US
Arrest of National Guard employee Jack T

A 21-year-old army employee seems to be responsible for the spectacular discovery of secret American documents. In the US, many people wonder how such a thing was possible and how it can be prevented in the future.

It is not the first time that secret US documents have been leaked to the public. But the last case is special. Because the source is not a spy, nor a whistleblower like Edward Snowden. Behind the secret American documents is, according to the investigators, a 21-year-old member of the American army from the federal state of Massachusetts. Jack T. works for the National Guard at a military base.

Jim Himes, a member of the parliamentary committee on the US secret services is shocked. "We are dealing with a 21-year-old who wanted to sell his mind in front of his friends and not with the cyber-spies of Beijing or Russia," he told CNN. "We have a lot of work ahead of us to repair this system, which occasionally allows information to leak."

The Ministry of Defense has announced new measures after this case. In the future, there will be far fewer people who know about secret documents. "This was a premeditated crime. A violation of our regulations," said ministry spokesman Patrick Ryder. In the future it will ensure that only those who need it have access to classified information." Ryder said that "we always learn from situations like this and investigate further."

Secret documents are published in the chat group

The 21-year-old memorized the secret documents once and photographed them at home to then post them in a chat group with about two dozen members. Most of the members were teenagers or young males who are interested in video games, guns and the military. A member of the group told the Washington Post that he "doesn't believe he had a particular goal in mind with the post. He's critical of the government, but that's not unusual for most on the Right these days."

The suspect risks several decades in prison

After days of investigation, the authorities finally discovered the 21-year-old. The police arrested him in the federal state of Massachusetts - In the television footage, you can see how the young boy is taken into custody wearing shorts and a T-shirt.

Not a spy, but a braggart? Disclosure of classified documents in the US

A criminal procedure will be opened against him. According to the Minister of Justice, Merrick Garland, the charges are the unauthorized removal of materials, their storage and the passing on of classified materials. According to the lawsuit that will be filed, the 21-year-old faces several decades in prison.

The disclosure of secret US documents was considered by the US authorities as a security risk. According to data published in the US media, these documents contained data on Ukraine's arms supplies and ammunition expenditure - as well as details on Ukrainian troop strength and their positions. According to the reports of the "New York Times" there was information about the plans of NATO and the US, how to support Kiev in a possible offensive against Russia in the spring.

After the publication of the secret documents, Kiev reacted calmly. The publication of such documents has no impact on Ukraine's military strategy and the course of the war, Kiev said. But the head of the American research institute, Silverado Policy Accelerator, Dimitri Alperovitch, told the "Washington Post" newspaper that the documents could bring damage. True, they do not have concrete attack plans, but they provide Moscow with information about the type and quantity of Western weapons and about the military that uses these weapons. This is important information for Ukraine's defense capability./ DW


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