Jack Teixeira, a former Massachusetts Air National Guard member who was arrested last year for leaking classified US military documents, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison. The incident is considered the most extensive intelligence breach in at least a decade.
The sentencing comes after Teixeira, who turns 23 next month, pleaded guilty in March to six federal counts of willfully retaining and transmitting national defense information. In exchange for his plea, officials spared Teixeira from being charged with additional counts under the Espionage Act (see history).
Teixeira was an information technology specialist who gained top-secret security clearance in 2021, two years after enlisting in the Air National Guard. Outside of work, he had been uploading a wide range of classified information, including about the war in Ukraine, to users on a Discord server (a gamer communication app) every week. The defense claimed Teixeira didn't mean to harm the US and was instead keeping his friends apprised of world events.
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