A man in his 20s who is under Säpo investigation for suspected aggravated data breach and sabotage is currently doing military service at an air defence regiment in Halmstad, the Swedish Armed Forces has confirmed to Ekot. According to the prosecutor, the alleged crimes took place in Halmstad, but it is still unclear whether the suspicions are connected to the man’s military service. He denies wrongdoing.

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The case raises an obvious question for Sweden’s expanding draft system: if conscription is sold as a guarantee of national security, how exactly does it decide who gets access to sensitive military units? A mass draft system pushes thousands of people through the military pipeline, and some of them may turn out to be the last people who should be anywhere near it. A mass-mobilisation system makes it impossible for counter-intelligence to screen recruits effectively.