Documents Leak

Documents Leak Jack Teixeira is a 21-year-old who has been taken into custody for allegedly being involved in the leak of secret U.S. military documents. Jack Teixeira of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was arrested on April 13 at a home in southern Massachusetts, about 18 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island. Teixeira. after enlisting in September 2019, became a cyber transport systems specialist, a National Guard spokesperson told The Epoch Times via email. According to his specialty code, Teixeira was listed at the lowest skill level. Teixeira had top secret clearance and sensitive compartmented access to other highly classified programs since 2021. Officials with the Massachusetts National Guard have not responded to requests for comment on Teixeira, who was awarded an Air Force Achievement Medal in September 2022. Took Documents Home An investigation found that a person who had been posting the documents on social media initially transcribed text from the documents at work, but became concerned he would be discovered. The person, later identified as Teixeira, “began taking the documents to his residence and photographing them,” charging documents stated. . . . As part of acquiring top secret clearance, Teixeira would have signed a lifetime, binding non-disclosure agreement that acknowledged unauthorized disclosure of secret information could result in criminal charges. Teixeira was charged with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material. Documents Posted Online. Among the dozens of images that were circulating, one image appeared to show a recent map of fighting in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. And another purported intelligence image showed damage that was done by a “recent strike,” dated February 2023, in the Donetsk city of Marinka. Another apparently leaked Defense Intelligence Agency document appeared to outline possible scenarios in which the Israeli government would provide Ukrainian forces with weapons. It listed several scenarios, which were labeled from “most plausible” to “least plausible.” Yet another purported to show Russian and Ukrainian casualties as of early March 2023. One of the papers claimed that between 16,000 and 17,500 Russian soldiers have died so far, while Ukrainian forces suffered as many as 71,500 deaths since the conflict erupted last year. American and Ukrainian officials have said that the leaked materials surrounding the Ukraine war may have been doctored.