Maps, casualty estimates, munitions forecasts, the war plans of our allies and adversaries, even our allies’ intercepted communications, all were leaked in the latest breach of American intelligence and military agencies. Photographs of well over 100 classified documents have been working their way around social media since late last year.
It’s been a tragicomic sequence. The secret files were posted to a niche meme community on Discord, Thug Shaker Central, then a slightly bigger one, End of Wow Mao Zone, and the big leagues, Minecraft Earth Map. “Here, have some leaked documents.”. . . “Nice.” Then on to Twitter and Telegram. Soon enough, American intelligence agencies were rushing to protect their sources, fearing them burned. The Biden administration is mollifying South Korea and Israel, spied-upon allies. And American military leaders are revising their plans for the war in Ukraine. Comic opening, swift and unpleasant repercussions.
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