Wow, a near-old National Guardsman getting access to Top Secret briefings? Did you guys forget to take the keys out of the car or something? Talk about an intelligence debacle.

And to top it off, journalists found out who committed the crime before you did. What are you guys getting paid for, anyway? Might as well hire a group of monkeys to run national security.

But let’s talk about the suspect’s motive. Apparently, he was trying to impress his little community of teenage gamers. I guess sharing racist memes and revealing government secrets is the new way to get street cred with the kiddos.

But hold on a second, let’s not put all the blame on the teenage doofus. He was able to work his way up to the cyber-transport system of the National Guard. What were you guys thinking? Did you fall asleep at the wheel? Or were you too busy playing online games with the suspect?

My first-pass solution to this mess is simple: when everything is labeled “confidential” or “top secret,” nothing is actually a secret. Maybe it’s time to re-evaluate what information really needs to be kept under wraps. Or maybe just hire a team of teenage gamers to run national security. They seem to know what they’re doing.

Serious News: nytimes