That article downplays the fact that the discord was essentially for white supremacists.

Another article on the leaker. Washington Post seems to have stolen most of their information from it.


From Discord to 4chan: The Improbable Journey of a US Intelligence Leak - bellingcat

That facility sounds just lke one my friend works at. There are several hubs like that around the world, but there is a chance this is some he works with. The one in which he works has become the central classified information hub for the Eastern United States.

Remember when GOPers claimed to dislike legislating from the bench? From the Politico story on the 5th Appeals ruling on mifepristone:


It isn't banned, just impossible to get!

Let's hope Biden is right.

Wonder what the leaker is going through right now. Reaching out to a lawyer, trying to figure out how to get into a Russian embassy and asking for asylum, getting cash to skip to a non-extradition country etc. Sucks to be him knowing that his discord/gaming group has said what they've said already.

And unlike Snowden who did what he did out of principle, this guy seemingly did it to look OG to a small group.

Looking forward to learning more about this idiot.

Supposedly identified. No pic yet

You're in a lot of trouble Jack.

Identity of the 'man responsible for the Pentagon top secret documents leak' | Daily Mail Online

I swear I did not leak any classfied documents to my friends here in my gaming group :)

Hey, what's this Dynasty Report entitled "Top Secret Russian Invasion of Ukraine Documents"?

SI

I'm sure Greg Abbott will try to pardon him.

Nobody ever leaks anything cool here. Lame.

This is just a straight up bribe.

In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow’s companies quietly bought several lots on a residential street in Savannah, GA.

The seller? Crow’s friend & travel companion Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. ���� pic.twitter.com/4qHmat7YFe

— ProPublica (@propublica) April 13, 2023

They have arreted him. Air National Guard based out of Cape Cod. I had heard the documents were tied to Fort Bragg. It will be interesting to see how and where he ended up with them.

That is from my identical twin brother, not me. :)

How to fudge a bank statement and blackjack strategy don't count?

This is such an enormous story. A SC justice has been bought and paid for, right out in the open. If we are still a nation of laws, there needs to be some kind of consequence here.

I am not so confident that it won't get drowned out by sexier news and even less convinced that the GOP will do the right thing and force him into resigning (as if he has any shame) or impeach him. If the shoe was on the other foot, I don't know that the Dems would give up a seat on the SC, but no way the Republicans will do anything about it while Biden is in charge of choosing a successor.

The GOP absolutely won't force him into resigning. Or even acknowledge he did anything wrong. Zero chance.

People on Twitter are shocked that a low-level soldier had access to these type of documents. Really, it is pretty common. How do people think these things get into the hands of Generals and even the President? Some low ranking kid prints them out and brings it to them. A Full Bird Colonel isn't working the printers. And some low ranking grunt is also going to be the one responsible for destroying them after use.

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Eh, it's also the low ranking guys that compile most of these reports as well. Colonels and Generals are briefed on them and that's really it.

A bunch of E5s and below will put all the information together, an E6 or E7 will put it into a presentable state, a LT will make sure his name is attached, and a civilian boss will sign off on it. Who actually does the briefing can vary. Our day to day briefings were done by our newest soldiers as training and an experienced E4 or E5/E6 would brief the VIPs

I think the bigger question is how was he able to take pictures of the TS stuff. Seems like a big miss if electronics are not secured while handling TS stuff?

And the really, really big question is how come all this stuff was floating out there for months without some sort of reaction. I get US didn't know about it but why not (so this doesn't happen again).

Some good questions. My basic understanding is that you aren't allowed to carry any type of electronics in and out of areas where you can access this level of documents. I have no idea what level of search you go through entering/exiting, but there is something. Seems like I remember a time when my friend was station in Norfolk and threre was a security incident. He complained about how much longer it took to get to his work station because they added extra hoops to jump through.
There is going to be some pretty big overall on handling classified documents coming between this and the whole White House people taking documents home thing.

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Security varies from place to place. There's usually a building you'll enter to badge in that's manned by MPs. That's the point where no electronic devices can go past. All the places I've worked it was voluntary surrender of those things, but that was also the early 2000s.

It's not easy to get the TS/SCI clearance and loss of clearance and arrest is usually a good enough deterant. Everyone does training several times a year on what you can't do, what to watch for, and the consequences of doing shit like this.

The biggest red flag to me in this isn't him having access to the documents or getting a camera past security, it's that he somehow got extended access to these documents by himself. That's what needs answers as that should have set off alarm bells.

Absolutely. I cannot agree enough. The extent of corruption here is very, very significant.

I guess it’s bad that I immediately suspected the Clintons when that Cash App guy got murdered.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65257806.amp

We know Harlan Crow collects things he hates, so isn't the obvious answer here that he hated Clarence Thomas' mother?

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking here -- he was probably the low-level grunt who was supposed to be shredding these, and he decided to stuff some into his pockets instead.

The Clintons? In the sex trafficking pizza parlor? With a stained dress?

Is there a RWNJ Clue? If not, I see a grifting opportunity.

"It's George Soros. At the Drag Queen show. Death by Critical Race Theory."

"Is it one of the Kennedys? On Epstein's island? With a sexy M&M?" Actually, they might believe that one. Hell, I'm not even going to say that one's impossible (though I can't say I've ever tried to determine the fuckability of candy).

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You should look into Cadbury Creme Eggs

Pretty much what you guys said about younger soldiers having access. Giving similar examples how & why.

A 21-year-old with top secret access? It’s not as rare as you think - POLITICO
Don't really know Moulton but his analysis below seems an over generalization.

"Feel incredibly entitled" sounds like "I'm old" talk. I don't even know what that means in this context

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She represents the district north of me. Glad she's not my representative.

Access Denied

He is definitely painting with a broad brush but some of the response comes off as a lot of "Not All _________" deflection.

Using the paragraph right below the one you highlighted gives more insight into what he was trying to say.


Gen Z military members will more important and entitled because they are more important and that importance comes with entitlement. With the smaller force and more importantly the dearth of middle management (E-5s and E-6s and O-4s and O-5s with more than average time in grade), Gen Zers have been placed in positions that those ranks used to occupy. If there is a generational uniqueness in this case it is the rewards for actions like the ones Teixeira is accused of are things like clout and laughs nowadays. In the past, the rewards were money, love and/or sex.

I can't wait for the 1-2-3 screw job I'm going to get of 1) removing the payroll cap, 2) not increasing the max benefit, 3) increasing the retirement age anyway. Likely followed by bonus screw job 4 of means testing by the time I finally get there.

Why do none of these fixes ever look at the current beneficiaries. Why not means test them, or decrease their benefits since they are getting significantly more even adjusting for inflation than beneficiaries were 20 years ago.

Nice. I think it's time for some sort of IRS or Congressional investigation. In fact, I think they should periodically audit each SCOTUS. Wouldn't be surprise if there are irregularities by others.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/16/clar...tate-firm.html
I chuckled at below. I guess it could be paperwork error if the $ is a rounding error but that seems to be a pretty big sum for SCOTUS. And for it to occur multiple years ...

Not sure if this is tied into the leaker or not, but FBI and SDNY and others are going to have a press conference today at 1pm on 3 national security issues. Just in time for Jim Jordan's press conference on crime in NYC to be drowned out. Well done FBI :)

Jordan's hearing on NY crime in Manhattan has to be one of the wildest political stunts by the House in my lifetime and no one is surprised they're doing it.

If Trump is charged in Georgia I wonder what they're planning for that?

That Georgia has the highest crime rate in the States since the DA took over no doubt!

Got excited by NPR's title. Finally, the proposal ...

McCarthy outlines debt limit plan in NYSE speech : NPR
But no, not a lot details.

The bolded section is interesting. No details on the $ amount in the article but another article said $4.2T spent out of $4.6T (ERROR: The request could not be satisfied. That's a lot of moola left on the table

The claw back won't happen as some GOP states have used that money for tax cuts and police spending.

Not Georgia. Fulton County. They won't slam the state, just Atlanta.

McCarthy stuck to the Trump plan. Say you have something of substance but then when it is time to produce it blame the other side for acting in bad faith. I am 100% certain they will let us default because it makes Biden look bad.

Looks like they won't let the Dems replace Feinstein. So no new judges unless she resigns. Just the most incompetent party.

Sen Cornyn says he’s a no on temporarily replacing Sen Feinstein and that he doesn’t believe there are 10 R votes there for it.

— Liz Goodwin (@lizcgoodwin) April 17, 2023

Is there a way to remove a Senator before their term is up? Stories have been out for a long time about how Feinstein has dementia. A reporter today mentioned that she introduced herself as Mayor a few times recently. It's pretty clear she is unfit for office and is being used by people. But I genuinely don't know what the process is if a Senator is unfit and doesn't resign.

She should retire but couldn't Shumer also change the rules to let a replacement through with 50 votes. Machin and Sinema might block it but at least try.

You go Joe. You'll be 82-86 in your 2nd term.

You really are too old for my liking but do believe you are the best insurance vs Trump if he get's the nomination. If he doesn't get the nomination, then you may be in trouble.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/20/bide...next-week.html

They won't do that so I think they're just stuck. Probably not a good idea to put someone with dementia on such an important committee, but Dems never really care about the courts. They'll be sure to tell us all how we need to vote for them though to prevent nutjob judges from getting nominated.

Congrats Joe.


More than ever, it does bring to the forefront what happens if Biden shows significant cognitive decline leading up to the election. If anyone at his age can stay relatively "sharp", I'd think it would be the POTUS who is challenged daily to use his mental capacities, decision making, doesn't seem to have a bad diet, works out with weights & cardio etc. Hope he has great genes.

Schumer can't do that. At issue, to answer Rainmaker's question, is the Constitutional provision on this:


A constitutional amendment to change this would of course be an even higher bar.

It sounds like they have to hope she resigns, or they've committed a pretty bad own goal. Can't fathom they could expel her because that would go against the norms for Democrats and Republicans are more than happy to have Democrats down a Senator and unable to confirm judges.


What a shitshow this will be if there is a SCOTUS opening.

What they could do is change the rules so a 50-50 vote in committee advances to the floor. Sinema may balk at that, but I bet Manchin would let it go through.

Even if she resigns they then have to hope the GOP agrees to allow her to be replaced on committees.