Jack Teixeira
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| Jack Teixeira | |
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| Man standing in front of mirror, taking a picture of oneselfJack Teixeira US Air National Guard portrait.webp Official portrait, 2019–2023 | |
| Born | 2001 (age 23–24) |
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| Known for | Allegedly disclosing classified documents |
| Criminal charge | Violating the Espionage Act |
Jack Douglas Teixeira (born 2001) is an American airman in the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. In April 2023, Teixeira was charged with violating the Espionage Act after allegedly disclosing hundreds of Pentagon documents on a Discord server, leading to his arrest. He was charged with the "unauthorized retention and transmission" of classified United States government documents.
Background[edit]
Early life[edit]
Teixeira was born in 2001,[2] and grew up in Dighton, Massachusetts. 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]
Teixeira is of Portuguese descent; his grandfather immigrated to the United States from São Miguel Island, in the Azores.[5][6] 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.[7][8][9]
Thug Shaker Central[edit]
Thug Shaker Central is a chatroom on Discord allegedly linked to the 2023 Pentagon document leaks.[10][11] Chatroom members reportedly played video games together, such as the open-world video game Project Zomboid; according to The New York Times, Teixeira shared in-game weapons with the group members and was identified as the chatroom administrator.[7] According to his Steam profile, Teixeira played games such as Arma 3 (2013), PUBG: Battlegrounds (2017), and the grand strategy wargame Hearts of Iron IV (2016), often playing Call of Duty and Halo with server members.[12]
Military service[edit]
Upon graduating from Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School, Teixeira joined the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard as a Cyber Transport Systems journeyman in September 2019.[13] Teixeira was stationed at Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod.[14] In July 2022, Teixeira was promoted to airman first class.[15] As part of his role, Teixeira possessed a Top Secret security clearance.[16]
Publication of leaked material[edit]
Teixeira is alleged to have regularly shared classified information on the online chat service Discord on Thug Shaker Central, parsed from documents he read, according to The Washington Post.[17] According to The New York Times, some chat members struggled to understand the summaries or did not take them seriously.[7] In October 2022, Teixeira is alleged to have posted the first of several sets of classified documents on the server.[7]
Prosecution[edit]
On the morning of April 13, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Teixeira at his mother's residence in Dighton.[13] 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.[18][19] He was charged with two offenses: (1) violating the Espionage Act by retaining and transmitting national defense information without authorization and (2) unauthorized removal and retention of classified information.[19][18] Attached to the criminal complaint was a supporting affidavit from a special agent of the FBI Counterintelligence Division.[20]
Teixeira has not yet entered a plea.[20] A detention hearing is set for April 19, and the defendant may also enter a plea at that hearing.[20]
References[edit]
- ↑ 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Read the criminal complaint against Jack Teixeira". The New York Times. 14 April 2023.
- ↑ Willis, Haley; Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Toler, Aric; Triebert, Christiaan; Barnes, Julian; Browne, Malachy (April 13, 2023). "F.B.I. Arrests National Guardsman in Leak of Classified Documents". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Equipe CNN Portugal (April 13, 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]. CNNPortugal.iol.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Quem é Jack Teixeira, o descendente de portugueses suspeito de vazar documentos sigilosos dos EUA". G1. April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lamothe, Dan; Hill, Evan; Horton, Alex & Ryan, Missy (April 14, 2023). "He's From a Military Family—And Allegedly Leaked U.S. Secrets". WashingtonPost.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023. Unknown parameter
|orig-date=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Leak of military secrets on Discord marks a new step for social media". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
- ↑ 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Carpenter, Nicole (April 14, 2023). "Why Discord is at the heart of a major US intelligence leak". Polygon. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Special Agent Patrick Lueckenhoff, FBI; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (14 April 2023). Criminal Complaint - United States of America V. Jack Douglas Teixeira (PDF) (Report). p. 7.
As required for this position, TEIXEIRA holds a Top Secret security clearance, which was granted in 2021.
CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link) - ↑ 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 John R. Ellement, Shelley Murphy and Travis Andersen (April 14, 2023). "Guardsman charged with violation of Espionage Act in federal court". Boston Globe.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Saraya Wintersmith (April 14, 2023). "Accused leaker of secret documents makes first federal court appearance in Boston". WGBH.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Edward Helmore & Julian Borger (April 14, 2023). "Jack Teixeira, suspect in Pentagon leaks, charged under Espionage Act". The Guardian.
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