04/16/2023
LOOK | It's been two days since Jack Douglas Tixiera was arrested on Thursday (April 14) for allegedly leaking a trove of highly classified documents online. US air national guardsman has been identified as the prime suspect in the leaked classified documents. Video footage from a local TV station showed him being led away in handcuffs.
New York Times Identified him as the leading figure in an Online Gaming Chat Room, Thug Shaker Central, on the social network Discord where he allegedly shared very highly sensitive and confidential files about the intelligence of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and details about American and Western Special Forces operatives in Ukrainian Soil. According to the document, dated 23 March, the UK has the largest contingent of special forces in Ukraine (50), followed by fellow Nato states Latvia (17), France (15), the US (14), and the Netherlands (1).
As Teixeira faced formal charges in a US federal court, his arrest has continued to raise widespread questions as to why such a young official had access to so many sensitive files meant for top military officials.
“How on earth does a 21-year-old gamer junior airman have this much access to classified intelligence?” US legislator Adriano Espaillat wrote in a tweet.
Read More [SOURCES]:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/14/how-on-earth-questions-swirl-around-suspected-us-leaker
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/13/who-is-jack-teixeira-the-man-arrested-over-pentagon-files-leak
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