Government to seek 10 years on each of two charges, says prosecutor in Boston court
The FBI agent, Patrick Lueckenhoff, from the counterintelligence division of the Washington field office, said there was “probable cause to believe that Teixeira improperly and unlawfully retained and transmitted national defence information classified at the TS/SCI level to persons not authorised to receive such information”.
The FBI also looked at the files Teixeira had accessed from the secure government classified intelligence system, noting that on 6 April, after the documents he had leaked were reposted by another member of the group on another server, the air national guardsman started searching the system under the term “leaks”, in an apparent effort to see if an investigation had been launched.
As Teixieira was led out of court on Friday morning, his father called out: “Love you, Jack.” Teixiera responded: “Love you, Dad.” Teixeira was an airman first class assigned to the air national guard’s 102nd intelligence wing with the title of “cyber transport systems journeyman”. A defence official told CNN that he was involved in a “24/7 operational mission” that packages intelligence from different sources into a summary for the most senior military leaders around the world.
US allies have played down the significance of the leak in public but have sought reassurance from Washington in private that the problem will be addressed and that there are not more damaging leaks in circulation. units have been severely depleted from casualties in the war in Ukraine where they have repeatedly been thrown into the frontline.
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