The arrest of a young Air Force National Guardsman accused of sharing government secrets on a social media platform is setting off alarms that the military and Department of Defense is rife with young men who subscribe to the anti-government beliefs of the domestic militias which took part in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

According to a report from Vice, Jack Teixeira‘s arrest last week for sharing the documents with his friends on Discord is just the tip of the iceberg of what could be a serious national security threat with one DOD staffer saying the number of far-right extremists they are surrounded with is frightening.

As Vice’s Ben Markuch wrote, “Someone allegedly taking classified information to impress their chaos-loving online friends is yet another security threat to a defense force that military sources say has yet to even properly handle individuals with anti-government or extremist beliefs. “

According to the DOD staffer, “It highlights the need […]