One of the main suspects in the disclosure of confidential US military documents, Jack Teixeira, will appear in court for the first time this Friday, the CNN television channel reported.
Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, 21, was arrested Thursday and CNN, citing sources in the Boston attorney general’s office, said he will be read the allegations in the lawsuit, which have not yet been filed. they know each other. .
United States Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that the charges are related to the “alleged unauthorized extraction, retention, and transmission of information related to national defense.”
Classified documents posted on social media rocked capitals from Washington to kyiv to Seoul, with revelations that the United States was spying on allies and enemies and sensitive military information about the war in Ukraine.
Authorities have yet to reveal how the disclosures came about, but several outlets have reported that Teixeira released the secret documents because he wanted to impress other young people with whom he interacted online.
According to The Washington Post, the young man took the documents home and posted them on the Discord platform, where he communicated with other young video game fans.
The Pentagon described the release of the documents as a “deliberate criminal act.”
Asked how such a young serviceman could have access to highly classified documents, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said it was in the nature of the military to entrust its very young members with high levels of responsibility, including major security issues. security.
Source: TSF
