First, he seems to have done it without a dollar being offered by the Russians, or to help some NY Times journalist blast the government....which typically....in 99-percent of past cases, was the case.
Driving force? He just wanted to impress fellow gamers that he had knowledge and where it came from. That's it.....nothing else.
I don't think the security guys have ever had to deal with such a unique situation.
Second, from the Pentagon prospective....I'd probably now be worried, because they probably have a minimum of 500 young people with the clearances....in such jobs....gamer-mentality, and with the attitude that they'd like to impress people with their knowledge.
I have no idea how you'd approach such people and openly talk about consequences in life....then repeat this every other week as a reminder.
Third, based on charges chatter....I'd say ten to twelve years will be the sentence. He can probably just admit guilt, and get some nicer jail with the plea agreement. With time off....he'll be out in eight years.
Fourth....other than boot-camp, this approaching jail-time will be the only time he hasn't gamed in the past fifteen years.
Fifth and final.....it does seem odd....so many people can't imagine that you'd give a TS clearance to a 21-year old kid. I see this over and over on Twitter.
It just seems like in their mind....that you'd have a locked-down crew of only a couple thousand throughout the entire US government, with TS clearances. And this is simply not reality. Probably hasn't been that way since the 1960s.
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