Under the Biden administration, Democrats have weakened the security of Americans including of classified material. If not with their terrible policies, with their divisive agendas that have split the country.
This was made evident with the recent Pentagon leak that was leaked by a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard member. The FBI arrested Jack Teixeira Thursday and the court charged him with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused the Biden administration of failing to secure classified material from being leaked by a 21-year-old.
The Biden administration has failed to secure classified information.
Through our committees, Congress will get answers as to why they were asleep at the switch.
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) April 14, 2023
“The Biden administration has failed to secure classified information. Through our committees, Congress will get answers as to why they were asleep at the switch,” McCarthy said in a Friday tweet.
When asked about it by Jake Tapper, Democratic New York Sen. Kristin Gillibrand said that her committee would investigate the incident and try to figure out why the documents were accessible, but she failed to call out the Biden administration for its failure to secure the classified information.
The documents detailed confidential information regarding the U.S.’ surveillance tactics relating to the war in Ukraine and NATO’s plans to rebuild Ukraine’s military and the position of its troops. It is concerning that a 21-year-old was able to access and share confidential information that is of the utmost importance to our national security.
The Biden administration’s lack of security and oversight of the Pentagon has put us in a vulnerable position. We can’t afford to have a repeat of this incident and it is clear that the Biden administration is not up to the task of securing sensitive material.
Hell, given recent leaks and missing documents found in virtually every politician’s private property, I’m not sure anyone driving the at this point. Democrats putting a clown like Gillibrand on the frontlines to talk about security isn’t winning them any brownie points!
The Department of Defense has been known to not vet people with security clearances as intensely as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other intelligence agencies, which could have contributed to the Pentagon leak. It is important for the Biden administration to hold the intelligence community accountable and strengthen the process for granting security clearances.
The Biden administration has a responsibility to protect and secure our nation’s classified information, and it is clear that they have failed to do so. It is concerning that a 21-year-old was able to access and share confidential information and the Biden administration needs to take steps to ensure that classified material is more secure. Our nation’s security depends on it.
