The United States of America and countries named in its leaked Pentagon Papers have been facing a strange situation. For the unversed, The Biden Administration was caught off guard when many top-secret Pentagon documents were leaked on social media. At first, it was stated that the leaked US secret documents are fake and planted in order to manipulate Russia and other countries involved in the Ukraine war, however, the documents contained some sensitive information including Ukraine's defense against the Russians. As a result, the USA confirmed the massive Pentagon documents leak and launched a serious probe. The Justice Department said it had opened an investigation into the leaks and was in communication with the Defense Department but declined to comment further. The 100s of pages of leaked Pentagon documents have put forward multiple sensitive information in front of the public. The documents included information about a range of topics relating to the war in Ukraine, China, the Middle East, and Africa, with many officials suspecting that they may have been leaked by an American, rather than an ally. Now, the question arises who leaked US Intelligence Documents? To Know continue reading-
As per Washington Post, the person behind the leaking Pentagon Papers is a 20-year-old college student who worked at US military base. Yes! you heard it right. As per reports, a self-described “internet micro-celebrity” is at the center of a Pentagon document leak scandal after someone posted the sensitive documents into his Discord channel. The 20-year-old, who goes by the username wow_mao, was thrown into the mainstream public eye earlier this month when a volunteer moderator in his Discord group posted images of the documents. On 1 March and 2 March, a user in wow_mao’s Discord posted “over 30 documents, many of which are marked 'Top Secret'.
The post was out-of-the-ordinary for wow_mao’s Discord channel, which is typically a place for young people to share memes and jokes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opened an inquiry into the leak on Friday. “But c’mon, take care of yourself and stay away from doing stuff like this,” wow_mao said adding that he “completely” denounces sharing sensitive documents.
It is pertinent to mention here that although wow_mao and his Discord are getting attention for the leak, it seems it did not originate there. The origin of the leak, while still not confirmed, may have come from another Discord channel where the documents were posted possibly as early as January. The New York Times quoted wow_mao saying that while the publicity has been good for his channel “as long as I don’t end up in prison” he does not want his identity revealed. "I’m a s*** posting, internet, micro-celebrity and I’d like to keep it that way,” wow_mao said in his YouTube video.
the cia may have put me on their watchlist.. but i should be on YOURS too!
— wow_mao (@realwow_mao) April 10, 2023
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More about the person who leaked US top secret documents
As per Washington Post, the leaker has described himself as a lonely young man and gun enthusiast, was part of a chatroom of about two dozen people on Discord – a social media platform popular with video gamers – that shared a love of guns and military gear, citing an interview with the leaker’s friend who was also part of the group. The friend stated that he would not reveal the identity of the alleged leaker or their location to authorities.
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The leaker, going by the moniker “OG,” began posting messages to the Discord chatroom last year that referenced military jargon, The Post reported. In the months that followed, the leaker posted messages in which he appeared to transcribe classified information from US documents, according to the report "They were, he recalled, what appeared to be near-verbatim transcripts of classified intelligence documents that OG indicated he had brought home from his job on a ‘military base,’ which the member declined to identify,” the Post reported, referring to messages posted by the anonymous user.
The leaker's friend further said “OG claimed he spent at least some of his day inside a secure facility that prohibited cellphones and other electronic devices, which could be used to document the secret information housed on government computer networks or spooling out from printers.”