How 21-year-old National Guardsman Jack Teixeira could get sensitive Ukraine docs

New York Post ^ | April 13, 2023 | Caitlin Doornbos

[virgil]

The solution they’re offering right now is to expand monitoring of social media and chat rooms. See how that works? More spying on Americans is what needed.

[KittyKares]

Good point.

[Salvavida]

It is VERY plausible. When I went into intelligence, it was very hard to get access to TS. But the entire intel community got lazy because separating the workforce was tiresome and expensive.

What was the solution? Give everyone a TS clearance. To include admin, human resources, travel clerks, comptrollers.....everyone.

So everyone has access to a SIPR and JWICS box. And if you are in the Beltway.....JWICS is more common...you have to go look for a SIPR box in many cases.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Fbi “nabbed”.

Lol. Just lol.

They “nabbed” a slow moving pro-lifer relaxing on the couch in his home with 200,000 shock troops.

[Bulwyf]

I had top secret clearance, but it wasn’t just handed out like candy. I guess it’s gone crazy now.

[rktman]

Young miscreant releases cat from bag, leaves barn door and gate open. Truth escapes.

[Salvavida]

It changed after Desert Storm. But the Beltway is the worst. My agency moved into a building where most of the building was a SCIF, and it was impossible to separate the workforce by clearances.

[Bulwyf]

Not that it matters anymore. It’s all crap heh.

[miserare]

Interesting.

The general public is very naive about how these things work.

[linMcHlp]

BTTT

[xzins]

All cover-up. No Airman/PFC weekend warrior has a need to know the CJCS briefing book.

It’s totally implausible.

This is a total set-up or the military security system is in total chaos.

[daniel1212]

“Depending on your position, you may require a security clearance,” Ryder said. “If you are working in the intelligence community and you require a security clearance, you’re going to go through the proper vetting,”

Likely including:

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[ops33]

“An airman 1st class, Teixeira held the lowest petty officer rank the Air Force grants enlisted troops.”

Air Force with Petty Officers? Who writes this?

[The_Media_never_lie]

Some “journalists” are truly ignorant.

[Salvavida]

Indeed. People don’t know that for many intel specialties in the military, they have to at least have an interim top secret clearance to attend their formal school. So at 18 years, they already have a clearance.

[cgbg]

“I am not buying this kid had access to secure info on our overseas force activities and those of our allies.”

Agreed—if he could do it just imagine what Russia or China could do.

[cgbg]

A clearance is not a wide open door to all programs.

That is what compartmentalization and “need to know” is designed to prevent.

[Salvavida]

You are correct. But it doesn’t work if it is not a SAP/ACCM, or code word project. The IC is very liberal when a new user sets up their account;, their manager only has to specify (in a very general nature) all the filters allowing them access.

And here is the thing: managers don’t grant access on what their employees are working on currently— they fill it out based on what they potentially will work on. Because no one wants to do more paperwork.

It comes down to laziness, and the counterintelligence folks do not conduct review on what an employee has access to— and what they are actually working on. I have never seen a manager being chastised for employees having access beyond their scope of work.

The interesting detail not yet revealed is: What was this kid’s job, and why did he need access?

[miserare]

No wonder our national security services leak like a sieve.