A criminal complaint released by federal prosecutors Friday is detailing how the FBI tracked down Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking documents.
Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking documents the Department of Defense says contain "sensitive and highly-classified material," was charged Friday with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and willful retention of classified documents. Teixeira, wearing handcuffs and a khaki prison jumpsuit, was read the charges shortly after 10
A U.S. National Guard airman who had top secret clearance was charged today with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information, and unauthorized removal of classified information and defense materials, in connection with the leaking of classified U.S. documents that have made headlines around the world. Twenty-one-year-old Jack Douglas Teixeira had the charges read