The recent arrest of 21-year-old Jack Teixeira for leaking highly sensitive Pentagon documents online has once again raised the question of why young people compromise national security. Teixeira seems to have leaked the documents just to show off and impress his online gaming friends. However, there seems to be a common thread between his case and other young people who have committed a similar offense, including Reality Winner, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden – narcissism. All of them caused damage to their country because of a desire to assert themselves as important people. The damage caused by Teixeira's alleged actions looks to be immense, with the leaked documents being reposted online by another user known as "Lucca" in a Discord chatroom for weeks. Lucca had anonymity and stature on Discord, which allowed the documents to remain on the platform without any repercussions. While Lucca would post the documents for attention, users believed they were fake since they never believed anyone would be brazen enough to post classified US military secrets on Discord. Discord has since cooperated with US law enforcement on the investigation and stated that its terms of service prohibit using the platform for illegal or criminal purposes.