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– Yes, the information is clear in the sense that it came out in an internet forum and there have been several who have had access to it. So, in that aspect, it is clear, and what is happening on the Internet cannot be taken from there. As simple as that. And we have to take into account the fact that it has been authorized because it has been very public, says David Bergman, officer and professor at the Swedish National Defense College.
In research documents According to the Security Police Ekot passed through, it appears that two men are now being investigated after they are said to have held central roles on an internet forum where vast amounts of information about Swedish military installations are said to have been shared.
The documents show that the Säpo has investigated the suspicion that specially invited persons were given exclusive access to two secret chat rooms where the information was available, and in an interrogation of a previous prosecution in a similar case there is information that they were It is a long list of information on Swedish secrets. protected objects.
Due Secret of the preliminary investigation in the current case, Chamber Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist does not want to go into details, other than to confirm that an investigation is underway.
– Yes, I can confirm that there are ongoing investigations against these people, says Mats Ljungqvist.
Several defense and security experts Ekot spoke with now say the information about the defense facilities at the site likely reached foreign power. One of them is André Catry, a security expert with experience in the Security Police.
– There is a legal concept where it is said that information should be considered disclosed if there is a risk that someone else has read it. But I say that you should actually see this information revealed for real, because it is not possible to determine whether the intelligence service had access to this database or not, says André Catry.
Would you think they have the information?
– I’d start with that.
Although foreign Power intelligence activities may already have some control over secret Swedish military objects, so there is a risk that this information could supplement knowledge and lead to work with Sweden’s intelligence gathering being redirected. , which is detrimental to national security, say several of the experts Ekot speaks. with.
We have sought officials within the Armed Forces and MUST, Military Intelligence and Security Service. But they are currently turning down an interview.
Ekot has spoken with one of the men investigated and the other defending. They cannot say anything about how they view suspicions, as there is a ban on opening.
David Bergman of the Swedish National Defense College believes that what happened may lead the Swedish Armed Forces to be forced to make changes in certain places.
– You should always adapt as if this information were erased, possibly change routines, change protocols, etc. We must adapt our own behavior based on the fact that the enemy may have drawn conclusions that they should not have, says David Bergman.
