Ukraine Update: The Washington Post article on the leaker may be the single worst article I've read

Overnight, The Washington Post ran an article in which they claimed to have exclusive knowledge about the person behind the leaks of apparent top secret military information. Ordinarily, this sort of “we interviewed an anonymous friend of a doubly-anonymous person” sort of article might generate nothing but an eye-roll. However, it’s lent some credence by the fact that the Post has now run at least two articles—one on doubts about Ukraine’s ability to conduct an effective counteroffensive back in February, the other concerning Egyptian plans to sell rockets to Russia—that were not sourced from the images that were widely circulating after being posted to a series of forums. 

This certainly suggests that The Washington Post has some source for additional information. This “friend” looks to be it.

But the most immediately striking part of the latest revelations on the leaker have to be how the paper of record refers to person who reportedly “toiled for hours” to write up invaluable top secret information so they could share it on a Discord server. 

First paragraph of Post story on man who reportedly leaked information concerning Ukraine.

It’s exactly the way the Post, and others, frequently describe a mass shooter. So long as he’s white.