Introductions
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I'll share two things without doxxing myself too much (this is a pen name):
An IG told me I was an "asshole threatening national security" for being a whistleblower for the Fat Leonard scandal. Look it up, I'm one of the whistleblowers referenced in the "Discounting whistleblower warnings" in the Wikipedia article
For something specific other than the simmering Christian nationalism in the higher ranks was a case I investigated where two people who sexually assaulted someone had the whole thing swept under the rug by the commanders because they held operationally critical certifications.
It's not a moral institution. There are moral people in it , but the leadership rewards and selects a certain type of sociopath
We have a don't doxx yourself kinda culture here, so nom de plum is expected. It's not a rule per se, but keeping things in general mostly anon is just safest for everyone.
And also getting directly called a threat to national security by an officer is fucking bad ass!