In Brief: Identifying the Pentagon Leak Perpetrator (with Aric Toler)

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🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Preet speaks with Bellingcat reporter Aric Toler about the effort he led to reveal the identity of the 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard accused of publishing top-secret Pentagon documents on social media. References & Supplemental Materials: “The Airman Who Gave Gamers a Real Taste of War,” NYT, 4/13/23 “The FBI Called Me”: Meet Aric Toler, the Bellingcat Sleuth Who Helped The New York Times Find Suspected Pentagon Leaker Jack Teixeira,” Vanity Fair, 4/18/23 “From Discord to 4chan: The Improbable Journey of a US Intelligence Leak,” Bellingcat, 4/9/23 Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at letters@cafe.com, or leave a voicemail at 669-247-7338. For analysis of recent legal news, try the CAFE Insider membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. Check out other CAFE shows Now & Then and Up Against the Mob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:52.5	I'm Pete Barara.
0:54.7	Today we're going to talk about the biggest leak of intelligence materials since the
0:58.1	Edward Snowden revelations.
1:00.1	Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that a leaker had posted a trove of Pentagon
1:04.6	documents on the social media platform Discord.
1:08.5	The documents reveal highly classified information on a range of intelligence matters, including
1:13.2	US and NATO plans for the war in Ukraine.
1:16.2	The Times identified the leaker as 21-year-old National Guardsman Jack DeShara, who was promptly
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