- The suspect, a 21-year-old member of the intelligence wing, has been detained and appeared before a Boston court.
Boston, Apr.14 (DP.net).– Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira was reading a book
on a porch when FBI agents showed up to arrest him. He was arrested in connection with the recent leak of secret military information and has appeared in a Boston court for allegedly leaking confidential US defense and intelligence documents. The FBI arrested the 21-year-old at his home in Massachusetts, and he is expected to be formally charged today.
Teixeira, whose identity was first reported by The New York Times on Thursday, is believed to be the leader of a private group on the gamer messaging platform Discord called Thug Shaker Central, according to reporting from The Washington Post. He worked in the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
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