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born 2001

Jack Teixeira
Military portrait of Teixeira wearing uniform with flag in background
Teixeira in uniform
Born2001
Known forAllegedly disclosing classified documents
Criminal charges
  • 18 U.S.C. § 793 (b) and (d) Unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information
  • 18 U.S.C. § 1924 Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material
Military career
Service / branchMassachusetts Air National Guard
Years of service
  • 2019–present
RankAirman first class
Unit102nd Intelligence Wing
Awards

Jack Douglas Teixeira (/teɪˈʃɛərə/ tay-SHAIR-ə; born 2001 or 2002) is an American airman serving in the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. In April 2023, following an investigation into the removal and disclosure of hundreds of classified Pentagon documents, Teixeira was arrested by FBI agents and charged with alleged unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information in violation of the Espionage Act of 1917 and for alleged unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material.

Early life

Teixeira was born in 2001.[2] Teixeira's stepfather is a retired master sergeant in the United States Air Force.[2] His stepfather and stepbrother worked at Joint Base Cape Cod.[3] His mother worked for a non-profit organisation that supported military veterans.[4]

Teixeira is of Portuguese descent; his grandfather immigrated to the United States from São Miguel Island, in the Azores.[5][4] In 2020, Teixeira graduated from Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School, but missed his graduation ceremony due to training obligations at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.[6][7][8]

Career

Upon graduating from high school, Teixeira joined the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard as a Cyber Transport Systems journeyman in September 2019.[9] Teixeira was stationed at Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod.[10] In July 2022, Teixeira was promoted to airman first class.[11] According to the Associated Press, "despite his relatively low rank, the technology position would have given Teixeira responsibility for maintaining computer networks with access to classified information."[12] As part of his role, Teixeira held a Top Secret security clearance.[13][14]

Alleged publication of leaked material

The criminal complaint filed against Teixeira in federal court
Main article: 2023 Pentagon document leaks

In early April 2023, Teixeira was alleged by media to have regularly shared classified information in a chat group called "Thug Shaker Central" on the online chat service Discord,[15][16] beginning at least by October 2022, both transcribed from documents he read and from printouts removed from his office on base.[17][18][6] Chatroom members reportedly talked about and played video games together;[19] according to The New York Times, Teixeira was identified as the chatroom administrator.[6] Reports of the chat group size vary, between about two dozen and about fifty members.[20][19][14]

On February 28, 2023, a chat group member is alleged to have posted dozens of pictures of classified documents to another Discord server.[20] From there, someone else alleges they posted images found on that server to a Discord server associated with the Minecraft video game.[20] After classified documents began appearing on Russian-language Telegram channels, The New York Times first reported on the leak.[2] On April 21, The New York Times reported that someone who appears to match the online profile of Teixeira had shared written summaries of classified information and likely shared photographs of documents to a Discord chat group with about 600 members from about February 2022 until about March 2023.[14]

Arrest and prosecution

On the morning of April 13, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Teixeira at his mother's residence in Dighton.[9] The next day, Teixeira made his first appearance at the U.S. District Court in Boston before a U.S. magistrate judge, and the formal charging document was unsealed.[21][22] He was charged with two offenses: (1) violating the Espionage Act of 1917 by retaining and transmitting national defense information without authorization and (2) unauthorized removal and retention of classified information.[22][21] The first charge has a maximum sentence of ten years incarceration and the second charge has a maximum sentence of five years.[23][24] A supporting affidavit from a FBI Counterintelligence Division special agent was attached to the criminal complaint.[25]

At the request of Teixeira's lawyers, his detention hearing was postponed by two weeks, to May 3, 2023. He has not entered a plea.[26]

References

  1. ^ Bergengruen, Vera; Hennigan, W.J. (April 13, 2023). "The Strange Saga of Jack Teixeira Reveals New Security Challenges". Time. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Willis, Haley; Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Toler, Aric; Triebert, Christiaan; Barnes, Julian E.; Browne, Malachy (April 14, 2023). "F.B.I. Arrests National Guardsman in Leak of Classified Documents". The New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  3. ^ Coffey, Denise (April 13, 2023). "MA Air National Guardsman from Dighton stationed on Cape Cod, arrested over military leaks". Cape Cod Times. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Quem é Jack Teixeira, o descendente de portugueses suspeito de vazar documentos sigilosos dos EUA". G1. April 14, 2023. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "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]. CNNPortugal.iol.pt (in Portuguese). April 13, 2023. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  6. ^ a b c Toler, Aric; Triebert, Christiaan; Willis, Haley; Browne, Malachy; Schwirtz, Michael; Mellen, Riley (April 13, 2023). "The Airman Who Wanted to Give Gamers a Real Taste of War". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Lamothe, Dan; Hill, Evan; Horton, Alex & Ryan, Missy (April 14, 2023) [April 13, 2023]. "He's From a Military Family—And Allegedly Leaked U.S. Secrets". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Wendling, Mike (April 14, 2023). "Jack Teixeira: National Guard Airman Arrested Over Leaked Pentagon Documents". BBC News. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  9. ^ a b Perez, Evan; Herb, Jeremy; Bertrand, Natasha; Cohen, Zachary; Liptak, Kevin (April 13, 2023). "FBI arrests suspect in connection with intelligence leaks". CNN. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  10. ^ Tran, Ken; Mansfield, Erin; Carless, Will (April 13, 2023). "Who leaked the Pentagon documents? What we know about Jack Teixeira, the suspected DOD leaker". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  11. ^ Dress, Brad (April 13, 2023). "What we know about suspected Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira". The Hill. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  12. ^ Merchant, Nomaan; Smith, Michelle R. (April 14, 2023). "Leak suspect yearned to join military but then regretted it". Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  13. ^ Manzhos, Mariya; Barrett, Devlin; Wagner, John (April 14, 2023). "Suspect charged in case involving leaked classified military documents". Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  14. ^ a b c Toler, Aric; Browne, Malachy; Barnes, Julian E. (April 21, 2023). "Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  15. ^ "Leak of military secrets on Discord marks a new step for social media". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  16. ^ Harris, Shane; Oakford, Samuel; Barrett, Devlin; Stein, Perry (April 13, 2023). "Suspected leaker of top-secret Pentagon documents arrested". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  17. ^ Harris, Shane; Oakford, Samuel (April 12, 2023). "Discord member details how documents leaked from closed chat group". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  18. ^ Harris, Shane; Barrett, Devlin; Nakashima, Ellen (April 14, 2023). "Leak raises fresh questions about Pentagon's internal security". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  19. ^ a b Carpenter, Nicole (April 14, 2023). "Why Discord is at the heart of a major US intelligence leak". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  20. ^ a b c Harris, Shane; Oakford, Samuel; Barrett, Devlin (April 21, 2023). "FBI leak investigators home in on members of private Discord server". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  21. ^ a b "Guardsman charged with violation of Espionage Act in federal court". Boston Globe. April 14, 2023. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  22. ^ a b Saraya Wintersmith (April 14, 2023). "Accused leaker of secret documents makes first federal court appearance in Boston". WGBH. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  23. ^ Gozzi, Laura; Debusmann, Bernd (April 14, 2023). "US leak: What punishment could Jack Teixeira face?". BBC News. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  24. ^ Petrishen, Brad (April 22, 2023). "Accused military leaker Jack Teixeira to face detention hearing in Worcester Thursday". The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  25. ^ Helmore, Edward; Borger, Julian (April 14, 2023). "Jack Teixeira, suspect in Pentagon leaks, charged under Espionage Act". The Guardian. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023.
  26. ^ Gurman, Sadie; Youssef, Nancy A. (April 19, 2023). "Airman Jack Teixeira's Detention Hearing Postponed". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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