The man accused of leaking hundreds of classified military documents had been doing so for months before getting arrested on Thursday.
Massachusetts Air National Guardsman 1st airman Jack Douglas Teixeira, 21, first began leaking paragraphs of text copied from classified documents back in December, according to the arresting affidavit. About a month later, he began taking photos of classified documents instead.Teixeira was allegedly releasing the information in essentially a chatroom on the Discord platform in a group of about 20-30 young men who share similar interests.
The affidavit cited one member of the group who told law enforcement that the person who had been sharing the information called himself “Jack,” appeared to reside in Massachusetts, and claimed that he was in the United States Air National Guard. Law enforcement officials were then able to confirm Teixeira was behind the account after obtaining billing records from the platform.
He had a top-secret security clearance since 2021, and he maintained sensitive compartmented access to other classified programs, so the documents he posted were accessible to him through his position. Teixeira allegedly shared hundreds of classified documents over the last couple of months, though many are still being uncovered on various social media platforms. The secrets contained within the documents give away U.S. intelligence sources, methods, and conclusions unintended for public knowledge that have the administration and Pentagon in damage control mode with allies.
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