A National Guard official acknowledged the documents are authentic but downplayed their sensitivity, saying the assessments are intended for internal use and were inadvertently emailed to The Post last week. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing an unspecified policy. It is unclear how many people mistakenly received the documents.
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I’m starting to genuinely wonder if “oops, added a journalist” is the new form of leaking…
Because it just actually happening this much is fucking insane
I was invited to a Teams meeting about surface corrosion on the new Littoral combat ships, like, not even six months ago…
I’d never emailed any of the Naval officers before And haven’t been in the Navy for over a decade.
It’s concerning it’s happening near constantly, but in that example I quoted it 100% happens. More likely if you’ve emailed them before or they’re in global, but even being forwarded a chain that had a journalist cc’ed 12 emails ago could be enough to be causing this
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I’m starting to genuinely wonder if “oops, added a journalist” is the new form of leaking…
Because it just actually happening this much is fucking insane
Whatever works.
This was intentional. Nobody writes journalist@definitelynotthemilitaryemail.com instead of specific-name@militaryemailthatwealwaysuse.com
Protect whistleblowers
You know that there’s no super duper secret email client, right?
It’s outlook, like for everyone else.
Type 2-3 letters, hit tab… It happens, just not constantly like this.
If you already have a journalist in your contacts list, then maaaayyyyybbbeeee.
I was invited to a Teams meeting about surface corrosion on the new Littoral combat ships, like, not even six months ago…
I’d never emailed any of the Naval officers before And haven’t been in the Navy for over a decade.
It’s concerning it’s happening near constantly, but in that example I quoted it 100% happens. More likely if you’ve emailed them before or they’re in global, but even being forwarded a chain that had a journalist cc’ed 12 emails ago could be enough to be causing this