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

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

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