On March 4, 2024, Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty to charges related to one of the nation's largest breaches of classified information.
How did Teixeira manage to go months without notice when he leaked hundreds of pages of government documents on Discord, an online chat platform popular with teenage gamers?
Shane Harris and Sam Oakford washington post Reporters began an investigation and partnered with FRONTLINE Director Tom Jennings. Front line/washington post documentary discord leak We explore Teixeira's online world, his massive leak of national security secrets, and the role of platforms like Discord. The documentary also raises tough questions about the military's scrutiny of applicants' online behavior.
Jennings, Harris and Oakford joined host Laney Aronson-Russ to discuss recent developments regarding national security leaks, the Teixeira case, and what the documentary revealed.
“What Jack's case shows is this huge weakness at the heart of the intelligence community, inadequate systems for vetting people, and people accessing secrets and sharing them with virtually anyone. It's a system that's built to do that,” Harris said. Aronson Russ. “And I think that's going to be a big challenge for the military and intelligence community going forward.”
you can see discord leak Available on the FRONTLINE website, the FRONTLINE YouTube channel, and the PBS app.read washington postRelated reports can be found at washingtonpost.com.
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