The New Pentagon Documents Leaker Doesn't Fit the Usual Profile

We're seeing the emergence of a new type of leaker, Charlie Stevenson, a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies, noted on his website Thursday. In the past, most leaks on U.S. foreign policy have come from three sources: administration officials launching trial balloons, losers of interagency fights who want to rally fellow critics, and whistleblowers seeking to expose terrible activities. Now, with the recent flood of highly classified leaked documents, mainly on the Ukraine war, Stevenson is seeing the rise of a fourth type: "the showoff who wants to demonstrate his inside knowledge." Advertisement That seems…