Jack Teixeira, the American soldier arrested in 2023 in a notorious case of leaking secret Pentagon documents, particularly on the war in Ukraine, will plead guilty, which could mean decades in prisonaccording to court documents released Thursday.
According to federal prosecutors’ briefs, 22-year-old Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard recruit at the time of his arrest, was expected to plead guilty at a hearing next Monday.
Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Air Force National Guardsman, is alleged to have leaked confidential U.S. intelligence documents about military arrests in Ukraine.
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Texeira will change his previous plea to not guiltyafter he was indicted by a Boston-based federal grand jury on six counts of “willfully storing and transmitting classified information relating to national defense,” each punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Images of Teixeira’s arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on April 13 outside his family’s home in Dighton, south of Boston, circulated around the world a few days after these revelations were announced in the American press.
The man, who He worked as a computer and communications specialist at the Cape Cod basenear Boston, is accused of publishing secret information in a chat on the Discord platform that immediately circulated on other social networks such as Twitter, 4Chan and Telegram.
In particular, the leaks revealed US intelligence concerns about the feasibility of a Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian forces. They also suggested that Washington collect information on its closest partners such as Israel and South Korea.
The case embarrassed Washington and Washington expressed concerns about possible security deficienciesbecause the young soldier had top secret clearance in defense matters despite his low rank.
With information from AFP.
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