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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the arrest Thursday of Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman in Massachusetts suspected of leaking classified documents about the war in Ukraine.
Someone from my home state of course.
- What are the charges? Teixeira, 21, is charged with the alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information, Garland said. He will have an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
- Teixeira to appear in court Friday: Teixeira is expected to make his first court appearance Friday in Boston, a Justice spokesperson said.
- Who is Jack Teixeira? Teixeira is an enlisted airman first class, a member of the 102nd Intelligence Wing based in Cape Cod. He is also the leader of an online chat group who has shared an interest in guns and racist memes.
Over 100 leak documents were leaked.Jack Teixeira: Airman arrested in Pentagon document leak worked in cyber systems
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Jack Douglas Teixeira, 21, who was arrested Thursday and charged in the Pentagon leak case, is an airman first class who joined the Air National Guard in September 2019, according to the Air Force.
He works for the Massachusetts Air National Guard at Otis Air National Guard Base. His job title is cyber transport systems journeyman.
He has been decorated with an Air Force Achievement Medal.
"FBI agents took Teixeira into custody earlier this afternoon without incident," Garland said Thursday in a brief news conference announcing the arrest.
– Bart Jansen
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Going to try and keep this updated.