after pleading guilty In March, former Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was charged with six counts of knowingly retaining and disseminating national defense information under the Espionage Act. Today he was sentenced to 15 years in prison For posting “hundreds of pages” of classified military documents on Discord.
some leaked information Contains sensitive details Previously unknown information about military activities in Ukraine and about US intelligence gathering on other countries such as China, Russia and South Korea.
While stationed at an air base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Teixeira was granted a Top-Secret//Sensitive Compartment Information Security clearance required for “maintenance and troubleshooting” of classified workstations in the intelligence wing. According to the DOJ, he “used a secure work center at the Otis USNG base to conduct hundreds of searches of classified documents containing NDI that were unrelated to his duties.”
At first, he shared typed versions of the classified documents, but later posted actual photos of the material – some labeled “Top Secret” – because other community members did not pay enough attention to his post. new York Times The report said a trail of digital evidence, including a distinctive pattern on a granite countertop in his childhood home, linked Teixeira to the leaked material.
“Mr. Teixeira is responsible for engaging in one of the most significant leaks of classified documents and information in the history of the United States, resulting in exceptionally serious and long-lasting damage to the national security of the United States ,” Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy of the District of Massachusetts said in a statement.