Saturday April 15, 2023 - Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, Jack Teixeira, the suspect accused of leaking classified US intelligence, made a frantic final call to his gamer friends as the FBI closed in on him, professing he “never wanted it to get like this.” “Guys, it’s been good I love you all,” Teixeira, 21, was…
WASHINGTON Jack Douglas Teixeira was arrested on Thursday (April 13) for allegedly leaking a trove of highly classified documents online. Here is what we know about him. The 21-year-old was arrested by a team of heavily-armed FBI agents at his mother and stepfather's house in North Dighton in Massachusetts on Thursday, and appeared before a federal judge in Boston.
Jack Teixiera, 21, took on an online persona seemingly at odds with his military career, and he made racist and antisemitic statements while firing a rifle in a video.
Patriotic zeal appeared common around Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira, 21, who had followed in the footsteps of numerous family members to join the military. Investigators now think there’s a more troubling, reckless side to Teixeira and the fallout is only beginning.