Jack Teixeira
Jack Teixeira | |
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Born | December 2001 (age 22) |
Known for | 2022–2023 Pentagon leaks |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | |
Years of service | 2019–present |
Rank | Airman first class |
Unit | 102nd Intelligence Wing |
Jack Douglas Teixeira (
Early life
Teixeira was born in December 2001.[1][2] Teixeira's stepfather is a retired master sergeant in the United States Air Force.[3] His stepfather and stepbrother worked at Joint Base Cape Cod.[4] His mother worked for a non-profit organization that supported military veterans.[5]
Teixeira is of Portuguese descent; his grandfather immigrated to the United States from São Miguel Island, in the Azores.[6][5]
He graduated from Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School in 2020, but missed his graduation ceremony to attend United States Air Force Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.[7][8][9]
Career
Upon graduating from high school, Teixeira joined the
Alleged publication of leaked material
In early April 2023, Teixeira was alleged by media to have regularly shared classified information in a server on the online chat service Discord called "Thug Shaker Central",[21][22] beginning at least by October 2022, both transcribed from documents he read and from printouts removed from his office on base.[23][24][7] Chatroom members reportedly talked about and played video games together;[25] according to The New York Times, Teixeira was identified as the chatroom administrator.[7] Reports of the server's size vary, between about two dozen and about fifty members.[26][25][19]
On 28 February 2023, a Thug Shaker Central member was alleged to have posted dozens of pictures of classified documents to another Discord server.[26] From there, someone else alleges they posted images found on that server to a Discord server associated with the Minecraft video game.[26] After classified documents began appearing on Russian-language Telegram channels, The New York Times first reported on the leak.[3] On 21 April, The New York Times reported that a Discord account with similar characteristics as the online profile of Teixeira had shared written summaries of classified information and likely shared photographs of documents to a Discord server with about 600 members from about February 2022 until about March 2023.[19]
Arrest and prosecution
On the morning of 13 April 2023, the
The next day, Teixeira made his first appearance at the
Teixeira is represented by counsel from the
On 4 March 2024, Teixeira pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information.[46] He will be sentenced on 27 September 2024; Teixeira faces between 11 years and 16 years and 8 months in prison if the plea is accepted by the court.[47]
References
- ^ Rebecca Falconer, Prosecutors call Pentagon leak suspect an ongoing national security risk Archived 28 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Axios (27 April 2023): "Teixeira, who was born in 2001, ..."
- ^ Autran, Frédéric. "Patriote raté, catholique fervent, fan d'armes… ce que l'on sait sur Jack Teixeira, le principal suspect des fuites du Pentagone". Libération (in French). Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ a b Willis, Haley; Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Toler, Aric; Triebert, Christiaan; Barnes, Julian E.; Browne, Malachy (14 April 2023). "F.B.I. Arrests National Guardsman in Leak of Classified Documents". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Coffey, Denise (13 April 2023). "MA Air National Guardsman from Dighton stationed on Cape Cod, arrested over military leaks". Cape Cod Times. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Quem é Jack Teixeira, o descendente de portugueses suspeito de vazar documentos sigilosos dos EUA". G1. 14 April 2023. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "É lusodescendente o líder do grupo online que partilhou documentos confidenciais dos EUA sobre a guerra: Jack Teixeira, novas informações" [The Leader of the Online Group That Shared Confidential US Documents About the War is of Portuguese Descent: Jack Teixeira, New Information]. CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). 13 April 2023. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ a b c Toler, Aric; Triebert, Christiaan; Willis, Haley; Browne, Malachy; Schwirtz, Michael; Mellen, Riley (13 April 2023). "The Airman Who Wanted to Give Gamers a Real Taste of War". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Lamothe, Dan; Hill, Evan; Horton, Alex; Ryan, Missy (14 April 2023) [13 April 2023]. "He's From a Military Family—And Allegedly Leaked U.S. Secrets". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Wendling, Mike (14 April 2023). "Jack Teixeira: National Guard Airman Arrested Over Leaked Pentagon Documents". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ a b Perez, Evan; Herb, Jeremy; Bertrand, Natasha; Cohen, Zachary; Liptak, Kevin (14 April 2023). "FBI arrests 21-year-old Air Force guardsman in Pentagon leak case". CNN. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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- ^ Cooper, Helene; Ismay, John; Barnes, Julian E.; Schmitt, Eric (22 September 2023). "It's typical for a national guardsman with Teixeira's job to have top-secret clearance". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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- ^ Dave Philipps (21 April 2023). "Transcript: Why Low-Ranking Soldiers Have Access to Top Secret Documents". The Daily. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Lara Seligman (13 April 2023). "A 21-year-old with top secret access? It's not as rare as you think". Politico. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Manzhos, Mariya; Barrett, Devlin; Wagner, John (14 April 2023). "Suspect charged in case involving leaked classified military documents". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
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- ^ Harris, Shane; Oakford, Samuel (12 April 2023). "Discord member details how documents leaked from closed chat group". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Harris, Shane; Barrett, Devlin; Nakashima, Ellen (14 April 2023). "Leak raises fresh questions about Pentagon's internal security". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ a b Carpenter, Nicole (14 April 2023). "Why Discord is at the heart of a major US intelligence leak". Polygon. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ a b c Harris, Shane; Oakford, Samuel; Barrett, Devlin (21 April 2023). "FBI leak investigators home in on members of private Discord server". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d Glenn Thrush (27 April 2023). "Airman Accused of Leak Has History of Racist and Violent Remarks, Filing Says". New York Times. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b John R. Ellement; Shelley Murphy; Travis Andersen (14 April 2023). "Guardsman charged with violation of Espionage Act in federal court". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ a b Saraya Wintersmith (14 April 2023). "Accused leaker of secret documents makes first federal court appearance in Boston". WGBH. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ Gozzi, Laura; Debusmann, Bernd (14 April 2023). "US leak: What punishment could Jack Teixeira face?". BBC News. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Petrishen, Brad (22 April 2023). "Accused military leaker Jack Teixeira to face detention hearing in Worcester Thursday". The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Helmore, Edward; Borger, Julian (14 April 2023). "Jack Teixeira, suspect in Pentagon leaks, charged under Espionage Act". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023.
- ^ John R. Ellement, Detention hearing for Teixeira set for Thursday in Worcester Archived 24 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Boston Globe (24 April 2023).
- ^ Gurman, Sadie; Youssef, Nancy A. (19 April 2023). "Airman Jack Teixeira's Detention Hearing Postponed". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ Zachary Cohen & Hannah Rabinowitz (27 April 2023). "Prosecutors say leaks suspect has history of making violent threats and possessed an 'arsenal of weapons'". CNN. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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- ^ Ables, Kelsey (27 April 2023). "Discord leaks suspect discussed mass violence, had 'arsenal,' prosecutors say". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Travis Andersen (27 April 2023). "After police denied Jack Teixeira's gun license application twice, he wrote a letter touting his security clearance". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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- ^ Rabinowitz, Hannah (19 May 2023). "Pentagon leaks suspect to remain detained as he awaits trial". CNN. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ Shelley Murphy; Nick Stoico (19 May 2023). "Jack Teixeira, Air National Guardsman accused of leaking secrets, will remain in custody awaiting trial, judge rules". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Thrush, Glenn (15 June 2023). "Airman Is Indicted on Charges of Mishandling Secrets". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Shelley Murphy (21 June 2023). "Jack Teixeira, Air National Guardsman, pleads not guilty to six federal charges". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ Harris, Shane; Oakford, Samuel (4 March 2024). "Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking intelligence documents on Discord". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Air National Guardsman Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Disclosing Classified National Defense Information". United States Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts. 4 March 2024. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
External links
- Media related to Jack Teixeira at Wikimedia Commons