8. “I had a TS/SCI [Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information] (above top secret) clearance. I left the service eight years ago. If I said the name of any of the programs I worked on — just the name, which is chosen at random, to avoid indicating what the program is about. If I said it online, in a group chat, even out loud to my spouse, and the military found out, I would be arrested within 48 hours. I would be charged and sentenced for it. And the things I worked on aren’t nearly as sensitive as the shit they were talking about. Remember the hubbub about Hillary’s emails? This is orders of worse magnitude. That said, I’d argue it’s not as bad as Trump keeping those documents in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom.”
—military member with TS/SCI clearance
“This. They shove training down your throat and emphasize the penalties for mistakes, such as ‘Even though that classified folder has nothing in it, it should not be visible unless in use and being handled by an authorized individual.’
They stressed how pieces of information being leaked can be gathered over time to get the entire picture. Here we have the picture and then some. People have been arrested and imprisoned for much less.
The double standards are real.”
—military member
17 US Military Members Share Thoughts About Signal Leak
