Post by Admin on Apr 14, 2023 18:52:05 GMT
Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. National Guard, was charged Friday with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and willful retention of classified documents in connection with the alleged leaking of highly classified information on the war in Ukraine.
Here’s everything we know about Teixeira so far, culled from our original reporting and Yahoo News’ partner network, including the New York Times, Military Times and ABC News.
Inside the courtroom
In an illustration in pastels, Jack Douglas Teixeira hangs his head in front of a judge, with two flags, one American, in the background.
In his initial appearance in federal court in Boston, Teixeira, walked into court in a beige smock and pants with a black T-shirt underneath, according to ABC News. He entered in handcuffs, which were removed before he sat at the defense table with his attorney, and appeared to briefly scan the crowd while in his seat.
He did not enter a plea and was ordered detained pending a detention hearing set for April 19.
As Teixeira was re-handcuffed and led out of court, someone in the front row called out, "Love you, Jack," per ABC. The 21-year-old responded, "Love you, too, dad."
The Pentagon and FBI had been scrambling to identify the source of the leak since Friday, when a trove of U.S. Defense Department slides, many marked “Secret” or “Top Secret,” were posted to a private group on Discord, an online chat platform popular with gamers.
As Yahoo News reported earlier this week, the documents included “intelligence culled from a host of spy agencies — the CIA, the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office and more — with a limitless purview reaching all regions of the globe.”
Speaking to reporters in Dublin earlier Thursday, President Biden said that the United States was closing in on identifying a suspect.
“There’s a full-blown investigation going on, as you know, with the intelligence community and the Justice Department,” Biden said. “And they’re getting close.”
Here’s everything we know about Teixeira so far, culled from our original reporting and Yahoo News’ partner network, including the New York Times, Military Times and ABC News.
Inside the courtroom
In an illustration in pastels, Jack Douglas Teixeira hangs his head in front of a judge, with two flags, one American, in the background.
In his initial appearance in federal court in Boston, Teixeira, walked into court in a beige smock and pants with a black T-shirt underneath, according to ABC News. He entered in handcuffs, which were removed before he sat at the defense table with his attorney, and appeared to briefly scan the crowd while in his seat.
He did not enter a plea and was ordered detained pending a detention hearing set for April 19.
As Teixeira was re-handcuffed and led out of court, someone in the front row called out, "Love you, Jack," per ABC. The 21-year-old responded, "Love you, too, dad."
The Pentagon and FBI had been scrambling to identify the source of the leak since Friday, when a trove of U.S. Defense Department slides, many marked “Secret” or “Top Secret,” were posted to a private group on Discord, an online chat platform popular with gamers.
As Yahoo News reported earlier this week, the documents included “intelligence culled from a host of spy agencies — the CIA, the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office and more — with a limitless purview reaching all regions of the globe.”
Speaking to reporters in Dublin earlier Thursday, President Biden said that the United States was closing in on identifying a suspect.
“There’s a full-blown investigation going on, as you know, with the intelligence community and the Justice Department,” Biden said. “And they’re getting close.”