The man who leaked classified US intelligence documents that triggered the national security investigation is a gun enthusiast in his 20s. who worked at the military base, This is reported by the Washington Post, citing colleagues from an online discussion group.

The leak took place in a group on the instant messaging platform Discord who shared a “mutual love of guns, military equipment and God,” according to the Post. He reportedly used the moniker OG, which is slang for “Real Gangster”.

“He’s in shape. He’s strong. He’s armed. He’s trained. Pretty much everything you’d expect from a crazy movie,” said one of the chat participants, who was under 18 and spoke on condition of anonymity with his mother’s permission. post.

The Post, which does not name the person, bases its story on an interview with two team members on the Discord platform. Reuters was unable to verify her details. Earlier Wednesday, Discord said it was cooperating with law enforcement.

The Defense and Justice Departments did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Where did the material come from?;

The assessment that this is a leak and not a hack product is stronger. material -photos from written updates- are published on platforms such as Twitter, 4chan and Telegrambut the files were placed in a folder Discordsocial messaging platform, since the beginning of March.

Images look like this hastily taken photographs from pieces of paper placed on top of a hunting magazine.

Former officials who have seen the material believe it is classified information that someone folded, pocketed, and then opened in a safe place to photograph the documents.

Some documents were marked “only for the information of Americans”, which raises the possibility that the information was leaked by a US official.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. government officials have the clearance needed to access the documents, a senior official said, making it difficult to investigate who leaked them.

Secret US documents, some of which have been classified as “top secret,” have leaked online detailing Washington’s views on the war in Ukraine and appear to contain various information about the United States’ closest allies.

The Pentagon considers the disclosure of these confidential documents to be a “very serious risk” to US national security, and the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the matter.

Source: Washington Post, Reuters.