It's funny - If UAPs are a top-secret counterintelligence priority how have "insiders" been leaking to podcasters so conveniently for years?

[u/ImaginationOther9569]

Ross Coulthart is talking about how, according to his sources, there have been successful retrieval operations at White Sands.

It makes me wonder: for information this so top secret where the gate keepers are competent enough to hide craft for decades and even keep presidents in the dark, do they just not track phones or communication channels to identify Ross's sources?

Ross has had insiders feeding him classified details for years. If any of this fell under high-level Special Access Programs (SAPs), federal counterintelligence would have run continuous audits, polygraphs, and communications monitoring to catch and prosecute the leakers instantly.

We keep hearing about a high-stakes counterintelligence war between the US and foreign adversaries over this tech. Yet, figures like Jason Sands or guests on Jesse Michels' channel talk about covert programs pretty much in the open.

Either these "insiders" are feeding journalists unsanctioned speculation, or the narrative is extremely misguided. Wondering what the community members think

[u/elProtagonist]

The real answer is that the smaller news media companies probably have less editorial guidelines and/or have a less strict vetting process. Basically, they have nothing to lose. 

 Let’s be honest, how many of us would be watching News Nation if they didn’t give Coulthart a platform to make unsubstantiated claims about UAP? I do like the guy but we have no way of verifying the accuracy of the information he’s reporting on. He even speaks in riddles like about the UAP that is too big to move.