There are lessons for Australia as the ramifications of the Pentagon leaks become clear.
If the leaker of some of America’s most secret intelligence truly is just a 21-year-old air force reservist trying to impress his gaming buddies, it begs the obvious question: how someone so young and junior could have access to top secret material.after he posted sensitive Pentagon papers to an online chat group also raises the question, how easily could it happen here?
That means there are more links in the human chain that could break: more people who could turn whistleblower, more people who could turn mole, more people who could boast about their insider cred., whether it be the disclosures related to war resourcing or the penetration of Russia’s war machine, or being caught out spying on allies Israel and South Korea.
“It is prudent to review who has access to classified material and how that is monitored in Australia. It’s critical, however, that any tightened access implemented in the wake of this incident doesn’t unduly restrict the flow of intelligence which is essential to informed decision-making in uncertain strategic times.”
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