{"id":1914438,"date":"2023-04-13T21:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T01:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-pentagon-docs-leaker-identified-as-jack-teixeira\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T22:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T02:00:02","slug":"suspected-pentagon-docs-leaker-identified-as-jack-teixeira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-pentagon-docs-leaker-identified-as-jack-teixeira\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Pentagon Docs Leaker Identified as Jack Teixeira"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuspected-pentagon-docs-leaker-identified-as-jack-teixeira%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1914438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"single__content entry-content m-bottom\">\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--primary-tag\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading widget-heading widget-heading--sm\"> \t\t\t<span class=\"widget-heading__sub\">More On:<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/classified-documents\/\" data-ga-event=\"{\"category\":\"More On\",\"action\":\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/classified-documents\/\"}\"> \t\t\t\t\tclassified documents\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"inline-module__content\">\n<ul class=\"inline-module__list\">\n<li class=\"story story--list\">\n<h3 class=\"story__headline headline headline--xxs\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/13\/no-one-should-be-shocked-by-the-intelligence-leak-americans-have-gleefully-made-it-a-pattern\/\" data-ga-event=\"{\"category\":\"More On\",\"action\":\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/13\/no-one-should-be-shocked-by-the-intelligence-leak-americans-have-gleefully-made-it-a-pattern\/\",\"label\":\"Slot 1\"}\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/newspress-collage-26584372-1681428441248.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;1681414106\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\tNo one should be shocked by the intelligence leak \u2014 Americans have gleefully made it a pattern\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"story story--list\">\n<h3 class=\"story__headline headline headline--xxs\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/13\/how-21-year-old-national-guardsman-jack-teixeira-could-get-sensitive-ukraine-docs\/\" data-ga-event=\"{\"category\":\"More On\",\"action\":\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/13\/how-21-year-old-national-guardsman-jack-teixeira-could-get-sensitive-ukraine-docs\/\",\"label\":\"Slot 2\"}\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/leaker-access-comp.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s how a 21-year-old National Guardsman could possibly get sensitive Ukraine docs\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"story story--list\">\n<h3 class=\"story__headline headline headline--xxs\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/13\/the-clues-that-could-id-classified-document-leaker\/\" data-ga-event=\"{\"category\":\"More On\",\"action\":\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/13\/the-clues-that-could-id-classified-document-leaker\/\",\"label\":\"Slot 3\"}\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/NYPICHPDPICT000009570148.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotos, time stamps: Clues that could have given away accused military leaker \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"story story--list\">\n<h3 class=\"story__headline headline headline--xxs\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/13\/us-intel-leaker-jack-teixeira-read-on-patio-before-arrest\/\" data-ga-event=\"{\"category\":\"More On\",\"action\":\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/13\/us-intel-leaker-jack-teixeira-read-on-patio-before-arrest\/\",\"label\":\"Slot 4\"}\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/jack-comp.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\tAccused US intel leaker seen quietly reading on patio before law enforcement stormed home\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s the game geek leak. <\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira was arrested at his mother\u2019s house Thursday after being implicated in the disclosure of dozens of sensitive US intelligence documents to an online community devoted to video games and guns \u2014 the biggest national security breach in at least 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officers swarmed the\u00a0home in North Dighton, Mass. about 20 miles east of Providence, RI, hours after multiple reports sketched out Teixeira\u2019s key role in a Discord channel called \u201cThug Shaker Central,\u201d where the files first popped up earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p>News helicopter\u00a0footage\u00a0showed Teixeira, clad in red basketball shorts and a gray t-shirt, surrendering to\u00a0camo-clad FBI agents. He was scheduled to make an initial appearance in Boston federal court Friday, where Attorney General Merrick Garland said the airman would face charges connected to \u201calleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Air Force records listed Teixeira\u2019s occupation as a Cyber Transport Systems Journeyman, responsible for the upkeep of hardware for military communications networks, including cabling and hubs.<\/p>\n<p>While an anonymous defense official told the Associated Press Teixeira would have had a higher level of security clearance in that role due to his responsibility for ensuring network protection, questions are sure to be asked about how such a young service member \u2014 not even an intelligence analyst \u2014 could have access to such sensitive information.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/NYPICHPDPICT000009573562.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"26578533\"> \t<svg class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"><\/path><\/svg> <\/button> <\/a><figcaption>Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira was arrested at his home Thursday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WBZ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/NYPICHPDPICT000009573561.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"26578534\"> \t<svg class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"><\/path><\/svg> <\/button> <\/a><figcaption> Teixeira is accused in the biggest national security breach in at least 10 years. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WBZ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/nyp-grab-82-1.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"26579831\"> \t<svg class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"><\/path><\/svg> <\/button> <\/a><figcaption>Teixeira was reportedly stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Air National Guard<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Teixeira, who joined the military in September 2019 and whose promotion to Airman 1st Class was announced this past July by the Air National Guard\u2019s 102nd Intelligence Wing, is believed to be a major figure in the \u201cThug Shaker Central\u201d Discord channel \u2014 which the Washington Post reported was populated by about two dozen hard-core fans of a YouTube content creator known as Oxide.<\/p>\n<p>Oxide, an Army soldier who reportedly started making videos of game clips as a teenager before transitioning to reviews and showcases of weapons, ammo and body armor, told the Washington Post he banned several users from his main Discord \u2014 including the denizens of \u201cThug Shaker Central\u201d \u2014 more than a year ago for \u201cannoying\u201d habits, including posting racist comments as well as a meme video taken from a gay porn film that gave the splinter group its name.<\/p>\n<p>After their initial appearance on \u201cThug Shaker Central,\u201d the classified pages gained wider circulation after they were posted on a\u00a0second\u00a0Discord channel linked to YouTuber \u201cwow_mao\u201d on\u00a0Feb. 28. They then spread even quicker when a member of that channel posted some of the documents to a bigger channel called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/W2yqbn6\">Minecraft Earth Map<\/a>\u201d on March 4.<\/p>\n<p>Sensitive information relating to the war in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0\u2014 including\u00a0potential vulnerabilities in that country\u2019s air defense capabilities and details of Kyiv\u2019s military positions \u2014\u00a0as well as events in Israel\u00a0and South Korea was included in the leaks, triggering international concern. US officials were alerted last week when some of the Ukraine-related documents\u00a0surfaced on\u00a0Russian Telegram channels.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post reported that Teixeira was known to\u00a0his fellow Discord\u00a0channel members by the handle \u201cjackthedripper,\u201d though some also referred to him in interviews as \u201cOG.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/NYPICHPDPICT000009573560.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"26578535\"> \t<svg class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"><\/path><\/svg> <\/button> <\/a><figcaption>Teixeira allegedly leaked sensitive information relating to the war in Ukraine, Israel and South Korea.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WBZ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/NYPICHPDPICT000009571614-1.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"26578543\"> \t<svg class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"><\/path><\/svg> <\/button> <\/a><figcaption>Law enforcement had swarmed his Massachusetts home on Thursday. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/pantagon-leak-docs-008.jpeg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"26575700\"> \t<svg class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"><\/path><\/svg> <\/button> <\/a><figcaption>Teixeira was arrested at his home in North Dighton, Mass., about 20 miles east of Providence, RI.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One member of the channel\u00a0insisted to the New York Times the leaker wasn\u2019t a whistleblower and that he hadn\u2019t meant for the sensitive materials to end up anywhere other than their group chat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy was a Christian, anti-war, just wanted to inform some of his friends about what\u2019s going on,\u201d\u00a0one member told the paper. \u201cWe have some people in our group who are in Ukraine. We like fighting games, we like war games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But another member told the Washington Post:\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s a smart person. He knew what he was doing when he posted these documents, of course. These weren\u2019t accidental leaks of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least one of the members said the leaker had access to the intelligence materials through his work, though none of them would identify him by name.<\/p>\n<p>Discord denizens pointed to how the leaker took images of the classified documents to share in their chat \u2013 and that some of the furniture in the background matched items visible in his video chats. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/NYPICHPDPICT000009561809-2.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"26575521\"> \t<svg class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"><\/path><\/svg> <\/button> <\/a><figcaption>Images of the documents reviewed by The Post indicate they are briefing slides that were photographed while laid out on a desk or table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Separately, the\u00a0Times\u00a0reported that details of the interior of Teixeira\u2019s childhood home in pictures posted to social\u00a0media appeared to match\u00a0items in the background of some of the photographed secret documents.<\/p>\n<p>Images of the classified documents reviewed by The Post indicated they were copies of briefing slides that had been photographed on a desk or table before being shared online.\u00a0In at least two photographs, a brochure with apparent information about a rifle scope can be seen\u00a0in the background.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Teixeira\u2019s arrest came just hours after President Biden told reporters in Ireland that\u00a0federal investigators were\u00a0\u201cgetting close\u201d\u00a0to uncovering the leaker\u2019s identity \u2013 and insisted he wasn\u2019t overly concerned about the breach.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/NYPICHPDPICT000009561811-2.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"26575506\"> \t<svg class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"><\/path><\/svg> <\/button> <\/a><figcaption>In another photograph, a package of Gorilla Glue can be seen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/NYPICHPDPICT000009561814.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"26574770\"> \t<svg class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"><\/path><\/svg> <\/button> <\/a><figcaption>The two members also said the man shared the highly classified records over several months on the channel.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"comments-inline-cta\" data-comment-count=\"\" data-prompt=\"What do you think?\">\n<div><button type=\"button\" class=\"social-icons__icon social-icons__icon--comments social-icons__icon--comments--has-count social-icons__icon--comments--inline\" aria-label=\"Post a comment.\"><span class=\"social-icons__icon--comments__count\">1570<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"comments-inline-cta__wrap\">What do you think?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bonginoreport.com\/#spotim-specific\" class=\"comments-inline-cta__button-link\">Post a comment.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a full-blown investigation going on, as you know, with the intelligence community and the Justice Department, and they\u2019re getting close but I don\u2019t have an answer,\u201d Biden told reporters in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not concerned about the leak, I\u2019m concerned that it happened but there is nothing contemporaneous that I\u2019m aware of that is of great consequence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"wpcom-liveblog-container\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More On: classified documents No one should be shocked by the intelligence leak \u2014 Americans have gleefully made it a pattern Here\u2019s how a 21-year-old National Guardsman could possibly get sensitive Ukraine docs Photos, time stamps: Clues that could have given away accused military leaker Accused US intel leaker seen quietly reading on patio 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