BREAKING: Leaker of Classified Intel Works on U.S. Military Base

New admissions have risen from some of the closest confidants to a military base employee being sought by authorities after disclosing the largest national intelligence leak in over a decade.

Online friends to the leaker told the Washington Post that the individual, known in their private Discord chat as OG, confessed to bringing home documents from his job at a “military base.” Members of the Discord questioned refused to identify the base to reporters, however photographs of the leaked intelligence documents contain clues about the individual’s home including furniture pictured in the background.

Brought together by their love for guns and military gear, the members of the Discord group viewed OG as an uncle figure in his early-to-mid 20s who proffered information for their knowledge and benefit rather than to harm U.S. interests. Friends of the leaker say they did not consider him to be similar to Edward Snowden, the NSA contractor who leaked a massive trove of intelligence documents during the Obama administration.

According to the report, the leaker would write lengthy descriptions of the intelligence he accessed. When he became frustrated that members of the Discord group were not carefully reading what he sent them, he began photographing and uploading materials directly. Some of these uploads contained satellite photos and classified estimates on issues such as how far into the United States missiles from North Korea could be fired.

Consequences of the intelligence failure have rocked the international community and wobbled U.S. relationships with allies including Ukraine, where leaders were dismayed to read briefings suggesting their army could make only modest gains against Russia during their ongoing war. Intelligence gathering was also performed on allies such as Great Britain and South Korea, where opposition lawmakers have generate consternation over the disclosures.

The House-Senate Intelligence Committee has directed the Department of Justice and the FBI to find the source of the leaks.