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Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking top secret U.S information

today5 March, 2024

Background

22 year old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, Jack Teixeira has pleaded guilty to leaking top secret intelligence documents on the online chat platform, Discord. Teixeira was accused of using his security clearance to access the classified government computer networks at an Air Force base in Cape Cod last year. He has agreed to spend 16 years in prison. Jody Jacobs reports.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen