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[–] 19618645? ago 

I'm a journalist, I know how it works. And it's degrees of separation. the juicier the info, the closer to the action one is; 40Head is not close to the inner circle. I have no doubt he knows who the 2nd person is. I just disagree with him suggesting he can't divulge anything due "operational security" as it suggests he's closer than he is or even part of the team.

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[–] 19620545? ago 

This much I agree with, in general. I think the conclusion is wrong though, for the reasons I mentioned : he's allowed (or at least, not disallowed) to know, but him telling anyone would compromise the security of his source, or their organisation, or their operation. Now it may not be a huge breach : "we don't tell anyone before this date", broken < 24 hours beforehand is unlikely to fuck things up. But if its a big deal and you want to play the media? It could still be stunningly important.

It may come across to normies like he's close/part of the team, but people who know a little more understand the reasoning behind it, even if they disagree about the importance. You can't always provide things at the level of the lowest common denominator.

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[–] 19621220? ago 

i can agree with that. It almost reminds me of the Kappy incident. He had access to info; he was the outer fringe; and likely used some info for some kind of gain.