@stebidri I was a PFC who was assigned the duty of carrying diplomatic pouches. It is simply common practice to assign the carrying of such to low level soldiers and marines, always has been. It is only because of modern technology wherein a single person can carry a huge volume of 'documents' that one such PFC could cause such widespread damage. The pouch I carried might have had a couple of pounds of papers in it. The modern 'pouch' could contain thousands of 'pounds' equivalency in the form of ones and zeros on a passel of thumb drives. I would certainly be reviewing who gets to carry what.
As for the putz who sold this to wikileaks the full extent of military law should rain down upon his head. He is a traitor and deserves to be shot, regardless of the quality or quantity of information revealed. As for wikileaks itself, again, cyber warfare of a thermonuclear nature should be utilized. "Let loose the dogs of war and run havoc." There should be a price paid for such celebrity.
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