{"id":1948976,"date":"2023-06-16T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-leak-suspect-indicted-on-charges-worth-up-to-60-years-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:45:14","slug":"pentagon-leak-suspect-indicted-on-charges-worth-up-to-60-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-leak-suspect-indicted-on-charges-worth-up-to-60-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon leak suspect faces up to 60 years in prison."},"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%2Fpentagon-leak-suspect-indicted-on-charges-worth-up-to-60-years-in-prison%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=1948976&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--><h2>Federal Grand Jury Indicts U.S. Air National Guardsman for Leaking Top-Secret Military Intelligence<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-man-charged-with-threatening-to-murder-2-us-congressmen\/\" title=\"Missouri Man Charged With Threatening to Murder 2 US Congressmen\">federal grand jury<\/a> has indicted a U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-leak-suspect-indicted-on-charges-worth-up-to-60-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Pentagon leak suspect faces up to 60 years in prison.\">leaking top-secret military intelligence records online<\/a>, the Justice Department said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Jack Douglas Teixeira, 21, of North Dighton, Massachusetts, was indicted on six counts of willful retention and transmission of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-releases-statement-about-declassifying-intelligence-on-origins-of-covid-19-pandemic\/\" title=\"Biden Releases Statement About Declassifying Intelligence On Origins Of COVID-19 Pandemic\">classified information relating<\/a> to national defense, the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Each charge of unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000, the department added.<\/p>\n<p>Teixeira is accused of committing one of the most serious U.S. security breaches since more than 700,000 documents, videos, and diplomatic cables appeared on the WikiLeaks website in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested in April after allegedly posting highly classified material on the messaging app Discord, prompting concerns about how a low-level airman could have such broad access to military secrets. Two commanders in his unit were later suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Federal law requires the government to secure an indictment within 30 days of a person&#8217;s arrest, and Thursday marked the 30-day deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked documents held highly classified information on allies and adversaries, with details ranging from Ukraine&#8217;s air defenses during the Russian invasion to Israel&#8217;s Mossad spy agency. U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered an investigation into why the alleged leaker had access to the sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard\u2019s 102nd Intelligence Wing, Teixeira had earlier waived his right to a preliminary hearing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He had been charged in a criminal complaint with one count of violating the Espionage Act for unlawful copying and transmitting sensitive defense material, and a second charge related to unlawful removal of defense material to an unauthorized location.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Reporting by Kanishka Singh, Sarah N. Lynch, Rami Ayyub and Susan Heavey; editing by Paul Grant and Eric Beech)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. Air National Guardsman, Jack Douglas Teixeira, 21, from North Dighton, Massachusetts, has been indicted by a federal grand jury. The charges include leaking top-secret military intelligence records online. 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