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Matt Watts

US secrets leak ‘came from gun enthusiast who worked on military base’

The person who leaked classified US secrets online is a gun enthusiast in his 20s who worked on a military base, according to a US newspaper.

He shared classified documents to a chat group on the instant messaging platform Discord of about two dozen men and young boys who shared a “mutual love of guns, military gear and God”, The Washington Post reported.

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