Guardsman Is Charged Over Leaked Documents
Investigators identified accused leaker, Jack Teixeira, with the help of billing records from a social media platform
Guardsman Arrested Over Leaked Classified Documents Is Charged
Prosecutors charged a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman on Friday with unlawfully taking and sharing a trove of highly classified intelligence documents in a security breachthat has exposed significant vulnerabilities in the way the U.S. retains some of its most closely held secrets.
The Justice Department, in a brief hearing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, charged Airman First Class Jack Teixeira, 21, with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material.
The federal public defender’s office in Boston didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Airman Teixeira’s family members couldn’t be reached for comment.
The criminal case against Airman Teixeira is the latest chapter in a fast-moving probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pentagon and other agencies after the apparent classified documents were discovered in digital posts on Discord, a social-media platformpopular with gamers, and other online forums.
No way no how, did this guy gain access to the information.
Something else is going on.
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