Would a guy in his position even have access to these documents? I'm thinking that there has to be someone who shared them or at least shared a way to gain access to them. I'm sure the FBI will be following the trail of bread crumbs to the original source. Now if it turns out he is the original source, we're in huge trouble. Because a 21 year old kid working night shift in some remote Cape Cod office for the Massachusetts Air National Guard shouldn't have this type of access.
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#12Would a guy in his position even have access to these documents? I'm thinking that there has to be someone who shared them or at least shared a way to gain access to them. I'm sure the FBI will be following the trail of bread crumbs to the original source. Now if it turns out he is the original source, we're in huge trouble. Because a 21 year old kid working night shift in some remote Cape Cod office for the Massachu…
I agree. He claimed to have been working inside a SCIF on a regular basis. I'm sure the National Guard would have or have access to such a facility, and have the necessary clearances. But I don't see how an inactive or active-for-training guardsman could have a need to access that much information.
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#13The New York Times figuring this out faster than the FBI is quite impressive.
Not proven by facts in evidence! The FBI prioritizes (in theory) successful prosecution. It’s entirely possible that there are agents watching the guy while a judge processes a warrant.
It's also entirely possible that it's a coincidence and they just want to talk to him to see if he may know who may have leaked the documents.
They should be able to track his e-mail and his access and already know whether or not he accessed the documents directly.
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#14This story just doesn't compute with me. A young guy (21) seemingly had access to all this information, and shared it despite being Portuguese (based on his last name) so seemingly not ethnically tied to Russia, shared it openly on Discord with his gaming club, a full document dump literally hundreds of pages not just screenshots or summaries, but not before faking some of the information, coordinated by a group that has members in Ukraine so seemingly they don't love Russia, the NYT knows more than Biden simply by having honed in internet stalking tactics, everyone and his Mom gave media interviews on request, and the one picture the media could find of him he's standing in the shadows like Batman.
EDIT: I don't why I'm replying to everyone, yall are too much. I'm not conceding but I'm "deleting" my account so I'm not tempted to keep defending myself.
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#15>Later, someone who appeared to be Airman Teixeira drove onto the property in a red pickup truck. >When Times reporters approached the house again, the truck was parked in the driveway. Airman Teixeira’s mother and a man were standing outside in the driveway. >When asked if Airman Teixeira was there and willing to speak, the man said: “He needs to get an attorney if things are flowing the way they are going right now…
It's crazy that hes still out. Everyone learned of the name "Thug Shaker Central" 5 days ago, yet the government can't subpoena Discord for the 20 odd people on there and match it with enlisted? One of these "what is all that money going to" moments.
Why do you assume they haven't?
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#16Would a guy in his position even have access to these documents? I'm thinking that there has to be someone who shared them or at least shared a way to gain access to them. I'm sure the FBI will be following the trail of bread crumbs to the original source. Now if it turns out he is the original source, we're in huge trouble. Because a 21 year old kid working night shift in some remote Cape Cod office for the Massachu…
According to new WaPo article, "he was a junior member of the military, but had access to highly sensitive information through his role as an IT tech within the military organization."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/13/...
UPD They changed the wording, the current version:
>Teixeira told members of the online group Thug Shaker Central that he worked as an technology support staffer for the Massachusetts Air National Guard and at a base on Cape Cod, and this was how he was able to access classified documents, one member of the Discord server told the Post.
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#17Would a guy in his position even have access to these documents? I'm thinking that there has to be someone who shared them or at least shared a way to gain access to them. I'm sure the FBI will be following the trail of bread crumbs to the original source. Now if it turns out he is the original source, we're in huge trouble. Because a 21 year old kid working night shift in some remote Cape Cod office for the Massachu…
There's a lot of trust on the internal systems, once you have clearance, to be able to access these docs. In this case, however, he might have been involved in creating some of these (or some kind of rollup product) and would therefore probably have access to different material to help support that creation.
Or its a Snowden situation and he has access because he has privileges on the system due to being a sys admin of some sort.
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#18>Later, someone who appeared to be Airman Teixeira drove onto the property in a red pickup truck. >When Times reporters approached the house again, the truck was parked in the driveway. Airman Teixeira’s mother and a man were standing outside in the driveway. >When asked if Airman Teixeira was there and willing to speak, the man said: “He needs to get an attorney if things are flowing the way they are going right now…
It's crazy that hes still out. Everyone learned of the name "Thug Shaker Central" 5 days ago, yet the government can't subpoena Discord for the 20 odd people on there and match it with enlisted? One of these "what is all that money going to" moments.
I'm sure he's under surveillance but there's no reason to arrest him until the case is airtight and they've followed all the strands
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#20Would a guy in his position even have access to these documents? I'm thinking that there has to be someone who shared them or at least shared a way to gain access to them. I'm sure the FBI will be following the trail of bread crumbs to the original source. Now if it turns out he is the original source, we're in huge trouble. Because a 21 year old kid working night shift in some remote Cape Cod office for the Massachu…
Given the large number of individuals that have access to such top secret documents, it is likely that enemies already are in the know of the sensitive information. Classifying information as top secret primarily functions to prevent the general public from the knowledge unless it is leaked to the press.