A baby holding classified documents
The Pentagon has asserted that he military has no choice but to give personnel "a lot of responsibility at a very early age." Jack Teixeira's alleged leaks suggest that when it comes to classified intelligence, the US needs to rethink that assumption.

Imagine you've spent billions of dollars building the world's fastest race car. Then you decide to put a young kid behind the wheel, only to see them crash the car into the walls of the track.

Not just once, but over and over again.

It's a dangerous proposition for the kid. You're giving them a powerful tool without teaching them how to use it.

Plus, it's really, really expensive.

Nevertheless, that looks to be the US intelligence community's approach to handling classified information.