great question. he was an e three, which is one of the lowest rankings and enlisted member of the military can have , really, that's basically an entry level position. so what happened was he was a cyber systems transport journeymen. this is essentially like an i t person for the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard and what he was responsible for was essentially making sure that these networks were operating correctly and that everyone can access the kind of information they needed to access. and because of that, he was given a top secret. clearance including a sensitive compartmented information clearance, which is some of the most highly classified intelligence programs in the u. s government just in case throughout the course of his work, he was exposed to that intelligence. so importantly, this was not necessarily part of his day to day job, the content of those documents, seeing them analyzing them, compiling them. that's not really what his role was. his role was more to make sure that everything was operating smoothly on the network just in case other people had issues. but now the question is, of course. why did