Is Soldier's Death Related to the Pentagon Leaks?
NCO in charge of the Technical Surveillance Countermeasure (TSCM) Program at the Joint Chiefs of Staff Security Office found dead in Pentagon parking lot.
A service member found dead in his car in the Pentagon parking lot last month was 42 year old Master Sgt. Juan Bordador. He was pronounced dead by Arlington Emergency Medical Services on March 14, following a welfare check.1
Police officers responded to a call for a welfare check when they found the body of the unidentified individual. "At approximately 3:30 p.m. EDT today the Pentagon Operations Center received a call requesting a welfare check on a military service member," Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said.2
Ryder said Pentagon police officers responded to the North Parking, where they discovered the service member in his vehicle apparently deceased. According to the Pentagon, police officers found the body in the North Parking at approximately 3:30 p.m.
Usually “welfare checks” in the Army are conducted in the barracks or off post housing. Why were they calling the police for a welfare check and how did they find him so quickly?
Master Sgt. Juan Paulo “JP” Bordador Obituary:
“JP enlisted into the United States Army as a Counterintelligence and Force Protection Special Agent, kickstarting a triumphant career that spanned almost 2 decades. His military service took him to many parts of the world, from countries like Japan, Germany, Korea, Iraq, Russia, Israel, Canada, Belgium, France and more.
…assigned to the 500th Military Intelligence Brigade, Camp Zama, Japan. His military education included the Primary Leadership Development Course; Basic NCO Course; Advanced NCO Course; Airborne School; Master Resilience Training; TSCM Advanced Concepts Training; TSCM Course; Digital Training Management Systems Training; Jungle Warfare School; CI-HUMINT Operations Management; and the Basic Instructor Course. During his tenure with the 10th Regional Support Group, US Army Japan, he served as the S3 Operations NCOIC and as the Headquarters Company Platoon Sergeant…
His training and experience led him to a successful career working alongside important individuals like General Mark A. Milley and General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis. He worked under 4 US Presidents: President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama, President Donald Trump, and President Joe Biden.
In 2021, he was promoted to the Pentagon as the NCO in charge of the Technical Surveillance Countermeasure (TSCM) Program at the Joint Chiefs of Staff Security Office.” 3
Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) is a term created by the United States government that describes the action of sweeping for devices that may be spying on you.
“3. POLICY. It is DoD policy that:
a. TSCM will be conducted to detect, neutralize, and exploit technical surveillance and associated devices, technologies, and hazards that facilitate the unauthorized or inadvertent access to or removal of DoD information in accordance with Reference (c).
b. Only DoD personnel who have successfully completed approved TSCM training will conduct TSCM.”4
The Pentagon Leak
Beginning March 1st, more than 100 classified documents from the Pentagon detailing U.S. national security secrets have been circulated on Twitter, 4chan, and Telegram, where they were spread by pro-Kremlin commentators. They expose crucial intelligence reports on US and the NATO military alliance, Israel’s Mossad involvement in protests, U.S. discussions with South Korea, and the war in Ukraine.
The leaks seriously worry Pentagon officials, particularly the Joint Staff whose role is to advise the president. Many of the documents had markings they were produced by the Joint Staff’s intelligence arm, known as J2, and appear to be briefing documents.
A senior intelligence official told the New York Times that the leak is “a nightmare for the Five Eyes” — the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, which share intelligence.
Officials say the documents appear to be authentic, but they have been modified in some ways to show scenarios more beneficial to Russia, such as lower figures for the number of Russian troops killed and inflated numbers of Ukrainian war dead.
“One document appears to have come from the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is dated March 1 and is labeled secret and not for distribution to foreign governments. It details U.S. forces in the region on the ground, air and at sea. The document also includes how many artillery shells Ukrainian forces have fired, including rocket-assisted missiles that have been used to devastating effect on Russian command posts and supply depots…
The motivation for the leaks is unclear, according to that source. It's possible that hundreds of people had access to the documents. The administration official said it could be an extremist who sympathizes with Russia and Vladimir Putin, or an ideologue bent on changing the course of the war, or a disloyal U.S. spy. “5
Is the March 14th unexplained death of Master Sgt. Bordador connected to the March 1st Pentagon leak? What are the odds the NCO in charge of the Technical Surveillance Countermeasure (TSCM) Program at the Joint Chiefs of Staff Security Office would die just 2 weeks later?
Did Master Sgt. Bordador find the cause of the Pentagon leaks? Was he killed because of it? It’s all speculation at this point since we are light on details, but I do find it interesting.
Til Valhalla Master Sgt. Bordador
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“Since 2021, Bordador served as the noncommissioned officer leading the Joint Chiefs’ Technical Surveillance Countermeasure program – a team which works to identify and thwart attempted espionage by foreign states.”
“Born in the Philippines and later emigrating to the US, Bordador began his military career in 2004 as a counterintelligence agent with the Pentagon’s Force Protection Agency, and was promoted to master sergeant last May, according to an obituary published online. His time in the military took him to a long list of countries, including Japan, Germany, South Korea, Russia, Israel, Canada, Belgium, France and Iraq, where he was deployed for one year beginning in 2010.”
The Joint Staff is made up of all six branches of the military and is headed up by Chairman Mark Milley, the highest-ranking officer in the US armed forces and a senior military advisor to the president, defense secretary and National Security Council.
Intelligence leak exposes U.S. spying on adversaries and allies
According to one defense official, many of the documents seem to have been prepared over the winter for Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other senior military officials, but they were available to other U.S. personnel and contract employees with the requisite security clearances.
Among other secrets, they appear to reveal where the CIA has recruited human agents privy to the closed-door conversations of world leaders; eavesdropping that shows a Russian mercenary outfit tried to acquire weapons from a NATO ally to use against Ukraine; and what kinds of satellite imagery the United States uses to track Russian forces, including an advanced technology that appears barely, if ever, to have been publicly identified.
Photographs of at least several dozen pages of highly classified documents, which looked to have been printed and then folded together into a packet, were shared on Feb. 28 and March 2 on Discord, a chat platform popular with gamers. The documents were shared by a user to a server called “Wow Mao.”
Documents allege that Israel’s spy agency encouraged anti-government protests.
According to the leaked documents, an assessment attributed to a Central Intelligence Update from March 1, leaders of the Mossad “advocated for Mossad officials and Israeli citizens to protest against the new Israeli Government’s proposed judicial reforms, including several explicit calls to action that decried the Israeli Government.”
U.S. officials believe 'leaked' U.S. classified documents about Ukraine war strength may be real
U.S. officials think classified U.S. documents about Ukraine's war effort that appeared on-line are likely real and the result of a leak, but that some of the documents may have been altered before they were posted, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday.
The official described that as the government's "working theory" pending investigation and review.
The documents seem to reveal what the U.S. has learned via signals intelligence — intercepted electronic communications — about Russian plans and operations. A former U.S. intelligence official said there could be serious fallout if a stream of signals intelligence on Russia has been exposed.
Pentagon probing leaked docs purporting to preview Ukraine offensive
The slides also indicate the presence of nearly 100 special-operations troops in Ukraine from North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries, including the UK, US, France, and Latvia — though none of those nations has announced troop deployments.
Israeli spy chiefs led secret revolt against Netanyahu overhaul plans, leaked documents say
As the Biden administration races to investigate a leak of classified U.S. documents, Washington and Jerusalem are remaining silent about a particularly sensitive disclosure within the trove of files: an alleged revolt by Israel’s top spy service against the judicial overhaul proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Leaked Pentagon Documents Reveal Secrets About Friends and Foes
The intelligence reports show that the United States appears to be spying on Ukraine’s military and political leaders, as well as other important American allies including Israel and South Korea.
The leaked documents have already complicated relations with allied countries, raising doubts about America’s ability to keep its secrets.
One senior U.S. official called the leak “a massive intelligence breach.” The F.B.I. started an inquiry on Friday and will try to move swiftly to track down the source of the leak, officials said.
According to the documents, the information was obtained through signals intelligence. Many of the leaked documents are labeled with orders that they are to be shared only among American intelligence agencies.
Some Mossad employees, however, requested and received permission to participate in the demonstrations as private citizens. The Mossad chief, David Barnea, in consultation with Israel’s attorney general, allowed junior employees to participate so long as they did not identify themselves as members of the organization, according to a defense official familiar with the agency’s policy.
Several hundred former Mossad employees, including five former chiefs, also signed a statement in March opposing the overhaul promoted by the government.
Ultimately, the protesters stalled the proposal’s progress and the government said it would shelve the legislation until at least the summer.
The information included in the leaked documents, however, has some overlap with unsubstantiated accusations promoted by Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister’s son. The younger Mr. Netanyahu has claimed that hostile elements inside Israel’s intelligence community and the U.S. State Department were behind the protest.
https://www.nytimes.com/explain/2023/russia-ukraine-war-documents-leak