Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, was arrested Thursday in connection with a leak of classified documents about the war in Ukraine and other subjects. He was charged on Friday morning by federal prosecutors.
Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested Thursday in connection with a leak of classified documents about the war in Ukraine and other subjects, and was charged on Friday morning by federal prosecutors.What documents were leaked and when were they disclosed?
The Wall Street Journal cited security analysts as saying the most damaging files appear to be intelligence material that potentially includes information on conversations the U.S. had intercepted within allied governments, such as communications of Israel’s intelligence service. An anonymous member of a chat group on the messaging platform Discord began to post files on the platform in January, according to the Journal report.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that Teixeira had been arrested in connection with the “unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information.” Teixeira was charged in a brief hearing Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.He was ordered to be held in custody until a detention hearing on Wednesday.Biden, who is traveling in Ireland, said Thursday that he was “not concerned” about the disclosures.
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