The person responsible for leaking hundreds of secret documents from USA it would be a young man who worked at a military base and who has expressed racist views, as well as devotion to weapons, according to the newspaper The Washington Post (W.P.).
The man, who answers to the initials of “OG”, accessed the secret documents at the military base, took them home and posted them on the Discord platform, popular among video game fans, with the aim of impressing fans. other young people, aim efe in a review of the article.
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To find out who is behind the leaks that have rocked the US in recent days, The Washington Post interviewed to an adolescent who is part of the group of discord where “OG” posted the documents, according to a report from efe.
The newspaper also had access to a video in which “OG” is at a shooting range with a rifle. In that video, he is seen shouting a series of racial and anti-Semitic insults before shooting a target several times, according to the newspaper.
The documents that “OG” supposedly published on Discord were later disseminated on other social networks such as Telegram and, in recent days, they ended up on the front pages of major newspapers around the world.
Most of the leaked documents are related to the war in Ukraine and give details about US and NATO plans to reinforce the Ukrainian offensive.
Featuring timelines and dozens of military acronyms, the documents, some marked highly confidential, in addition to offering a detailed picture of the war in Ukraine, the documents provide information about China and its allies, according to aim BBC.
The information also suggests that Washington could have been spying on some of its closest allies, such as Ukraine itself, South Korea and Israel.
Given the possibility that the documents could create tensions with its allies, the United States has been in contact with them in recent days, according to the White House.
The rain of leaks began last Friday, continued over the weekend, and has continued this week.
The impact it will have is still unknown, but some analysts compare it with what the country experienced in 2013, when the former analyst Edward Snowden exposed the scope of the massive espionage programs that the United States launched after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
With information from Efe and BBC.
