I want to be very clear on this, very, very clear. IF some podcast, youtuber or Tom, Dick or Harry says anything about a military op that has not been publicly disclosed they are lying to you. Plain and simple. The people that do preform those duties keep their mouth shut. They say nothing to anyone period. No matter if they agree with what they are doing or not. You don't just get chosen to do those jobs you earn your way into them. You start small and work your way up. If you say jack to ANYONE you are done. You are removed from your duty and either put in jail or removed from service. That is it period. I give two shits on who wants to argue this because if you do want to argue than you have no damn clue what you are talking about. Any other Special Forces personnel out there can verify this is FACT. So stop listening to all the B.S. Stop believing all the trash you hear unless they can back up with fact what they are saying. Most will not have a clue what the real lingo is.

I agree with what you've said entirely, but I will add the caveat that it's possible there are non-military people who observe certain things and share them with some of the folks—maybe people who work in civilian entities within the surveillance state or political people who aren't quite so keen to keep secrets. Plus, we never know if there are some "leaks" that aren't unauthorized at all but rather a part of a public-relations campaign to spread uncomfortable truths slowly. Since I'm not in the know, I don't want to judge and simply remain skeptical of anything I can't independently corroborate... and that's why I always appreciate fellow anons fact checking me and each other!