The leak of classified Pentagon documents through a popular messaging platform is not about the leaker’s maturity, whistleblowing, or even the war. It’s about people and the need to propel and maintain a trusted workforce to mitigate insider risk proactively.
Since news broke that National Guard Airman Jack Teixeira posted sensitive military documents on the Discord platform, there has been significant debate surrounding how the government handles national secrets in a post-9/11 world.