{"id":1915542,"date":"2023-04-16T00:26:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T04:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-new-actions-on-secret-documents-after-embarrassing-leak\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T00:31:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T04:31:02","slug":"biden-announces-new-actions-on-secret-documents-after-embarrassing-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-new-actions-on-secret-documents-after-embarrassing-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Announces New Actions on Secret Documents After \u2018Embarrassing\u2019 Leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-announces-new-actions-on-secret-documents-after-embarrassing-leak%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=1915542&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=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0415\/2a9d5d60-6948-4d01-afcd-0d8543902604\/audio.mp3?length=4117869&#038;duration=343\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden on Friday announced new actions that restrict access to classified materials in the wake of an embarrassing leak of apparent classified U.S. military intelligence that ended up spreading widely on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected leaker, a 21-year-old member of the\u00a0Massachusetts Air National Guard named Jack Teixeira, was on Thursday arrested and charged in federal court on two counts, including unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend the rapid action taken by law enforcement to investigate and respond to the recent dissemination of classified U.S. government documents,\u201d Biden said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/04\/14\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-arrest-in-national-security-leak-case\/\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we are still determining the validity of those documents, I have directed our military and intelligence community to take steps to further secure and limit distribution of sensitive information, and our national security team is closely coordinating with our partners and allies,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n<p>Teixeira was an IT specialist responsible for military communications networks, which allowed him to get a higher level security clearance.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked documents include maps and details about deliveries of weapons, with some bearing markings classifying them as \u201cSecret\u201d and \u201cTop Secret.\u201d Some showed what looks like locations for front-line Russian and Ukrainian military units and artillery guns.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5194931\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/14\/id5194931-LYNXMPEJ3D0AS_USA-INTEL-LEAK-1200x680.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Jack Douglas Teixeira poses for a selfie at an unidentified location in a file photo. (Social Media Website via Reuters)<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5193358\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/13\/id5193358-2023-04-13T200818Z_1_LYNXMPEJ3C0TM_RTROPTP_4_USA-INTEL-LEAK-1200x679.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> FBI agents arrest Jack Teixeira, an employee of the U.S. Air Force National Guard, in connection with an investigation into the leaks online of classified U.S. documents, in North Dighton, Massachusetts, on April 13, 2023. (WCVB-TV via ABC via Reuters)<\/figure>\n<h2>\u2018Damaging\u2019 Leak<\/h2>\n<p>Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VjxNSbvuBoA\">appearance on Fox News<\/a> on Friday that he\u2019s baffled as to why someone like Teixeira would have had access to the sensitive materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand why a 21-year-old national guardsmen had access to some of the most highly kept secrets in the United States, and in particular, finished products from the Joint Staff or finished products from the CIA operation center,\u201d Esper said. \u201cI just don\u2019t know why he would have access to those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about reports that\u00a0Teixeira worked in IT and needed clearance to work on computer networks and equipment, Esper said that his access should have been more limited and that information carried on military communication systems should have been ring-fenced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not a need for him to have access to the information on that system, let alone finished products from the Joint Staff and CIA,\u201d Esper replied, adding that an investigation into the leak shows that the Pentagon has a problem \u201cnot just over classification, but in this case, over distribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s too many people that have access to this information. It should really only be for the highest levels of our government,\u201d Esper said. \u201cAnd we need to get that under control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just embarrassing, but it\u2019s damaging,\u201d Esper said, noting that the leak hurt Ukraine\u2019s ability to mount an effective counter-offensive against Russian forces while burning U.S. access to Russian military and intelligence systems.<\/p>\n<p>The leak may also have exposed sources and techniques of collecting intelligence on Chinese operations, he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3539394\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14\/Mark-Esper--1200x675.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Then Secretary of Defense Mark Esper testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington on July 9, 2020. (Michael Reynolds\/Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<h2>Pentagon Takes Action<\/h2>\n<p>Besides Biden announcing action to limit access to classified materials,\u00a0Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has vowed to take\u00a0\u201cany additional measures necessary\u201d to safeguard against national security leaks and has ordered a review of intelligence access.<\/p>\n<p>Austin said during a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3362443\/secretary-of-defense-commends-actions-taken-by-the-department-of-justice-and-fe\/\">press conference<\/a> on\u00a0Thursday that he\u2019s\u00a0\u201cdirecting the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security to conduct a review of our intelligence access, accountability, and control procedures within the Department to inform our efforts to prevent this kind of incident from happening again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the\u00a0Department of Defense, in close partnership with the Intelligence Community and its interagency partners, \u201cwill continue to review the national security implications of this unauthorized disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Austin also stressed that \u201cevery U.S. service member, DoD civilian, and contractor with access to classified information has a solemn legal and moral obligation to safeguard it and to report any suspicious activity or behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5191104\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/12\/id5191104-04112023-DSC06592-Lloyd-Austin-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attends a press conference at State Department in Washington on April 11, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>Teixeira, a junior airman with the Air National Guard\u2019s 102nd Intelligence Wing, worked as a\u00a0cyber transport systems journeyman, meaning he was\u00a0an IT specialist responsible for military communications networks, including their cabling and hubs.<\/p>\n<p>According to defense officials,\u00a0Teixeira <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden on Friday announced new actions that restrict access to classified materials in the wake of an embarrassing leak of apparent classified U.S. military intelligence that ended up spreading widely on social media. The suspected leaker, a 21-year-old member of the\u00a0Massachusetts Air National Guard named Jack Teixeira, was on Thursday arrested and charged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":1915543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[3747,4156,3620,5407,6110,3654,6323],"class_list":["post-1915542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-actions","tag-announces","tag-biden","tag-documents","tag-embarrassing","tag-leak","tag-secret"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}