Why would someone do this? Either insane or criminal or both.
All military and govt civilians are fully trained in handling classified information.
That stuff doesn’t travel outside controlled areas unless it’s handled from point A secure to Point B secure with special carrying packaging depending on the class level and careful logging in and logging out.
Immediate jail for the perp. No questions. Need to know who the hell his Security Officer was. Evidently the ship was not tight.
sounds like he Was the security officer - light colonel
here’s an interesting opinion that argues most ‘classified’ is overclassified and pretty much useless after 5 years
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/mc-opi-classified-documents-goodman-20230128-hnwkk2hkt5guzo4utzfjitprqq-story.html
“All military and govt civilians are fully trained in handling classified information.”
Plugging in a thumb drive behind a firewall was a big No-No 20 years ago I don’t know if that is still the case.
All military and govt civilians are fully trained in handling classified information.
Yearly and ad nauseum. And, as annoying as it is to have to go through, THIS is why.