A 21-year-old Air National Guardsman named Jack Teixeira, who has been accused of leaking classified intelligence documents online, was ar...
A 21-year-old Air National Guardsman named Jack Teixeira, who has been accused of leaking classified intelligence documents online, was arrested by FBI agents at his home in North Dighton, Massachusetts, on Thursday.
Teixeira, who joined the Air National Guard in September 2019, worked as a cybersecurity systems journeyman and held the highest level security clearance granted by the federal government for top-secret information. His security clearance and access to classified government systems have been revoked since the incident.
The leaked documents contained highly sensitive information about Ukraine's combat abilities, information about the Ukrainian and Russian militaries, and analysis about U.S. allies and adversaries, including China. Teixeira is expected to appear in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Friday to face charges of "alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information."
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