Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira is set to appear before a judge after being arrested in connection to a major leak of classified documents. NBC News’ Ken Dilanian breaks down what to expect from the hearing and how it could impact lawmakers’ access to classified documents.
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#JackTeixeira #Massachusetts #Leaks
Since when do we jail whistleblowers?
Will Mr. Vindman be arrestred?
why toss out maga-maniac fiction? sad
@Will Liin doing so he still exposed the U.S. which they are clearly vindictive over it…instead of reflecting on themselves they mad that they got caught spying on their “friends”
Vindman disclosed information of one Trump phone call to Congressional oversight committee. Teixeira disclosed hundreds of classified docs to Kremlin through Donbass Devushka.
M$M doesn’t want truth coming out that shows everything they ever say is PROPAGANDA
He’s NOT a whistleblower; that’s a fact!
Republicans, where Treason loftily raised its head !!
Yep. this young man has zero excuses, and neither does the guy at maralago.
@Omega 78 yea people who expose the mosnter are heros, unlike the enabling zeros.
this guy didn’t do a simple theft of sweets from the supermarket, he deliberately hid secret documents to steal them from the office and bring them to his home, where he later took pictures of documents and distributed them online
@Kevin Jenner Anyone who made such a mistake, whose fault the leak was made should be convicted as a foreign agent, because secret documents after publication also fell into the hands of foreign intelligence
What if someone set him up?
@Kenyatta Anderson Also revealed the level of spying on allies. Americas integrity has just reached new lower depths. Your country cannot be trusted.
Too bad that he’s not old enough to be Trump’s VP candidate.
How could Teixeira be so stupid? and how can the Air Force be so stupid to give this adult body man brain child a top security clearance?
That’s what I can’t understand too. If he was young enough not to understand the responsibility of his job, how was he even hired then? Certainly HR should’ve seen this coming earlier.
I have to leak right now. Maybe already happened.
The release of classified information is a reminder of the ongoing threat posed by cyber attacks and the importance of maintaining robust and effective defenses against such threats.
The CIA won’t look for every joker, but whoever poses a real threat to national security will be arrested, so it wouldn’t take long to find this criminal
Patsy and who are his friends?
He looks like Winona Ryder
He doesn’t look like a rough-and-tumble “man” for sure.
Traitor. Lock him up
Shut up.
He should be locked up but only if his guilt will be proven in court. I’m all in for the justice but he is not a definite perpetrator right now, especially it looks like he was not the only one behind this leak.
He’s a Hero in my book.. America has zero integrity.
@Anderson Langosh I very much hope that a quality investigation will be carried out. This is about our security and that of our allies. This cannot be allowed to happen in the future. Secret information must not fall into the hands of the enemy
As an “active duty” military person…he should be tried in a Military Court under the Uniform Code of Military justice. Punishment under the UCMJ is much harsher than civilian courts. Under the UCMJ it is possible that he could (if found guilty) face a Firing Squad.
@Daniel Dach I get the impression we’ve forgotten that classified documents should be kept secret, not published for public viewing
I feel more like someone set him up.
It is not clear how this young guy could have accessed such data. He should be punished according to the law
What has his retired military stepfather been up to?….Gen Flynn fans?
The person in question is currently serving in the military on active duty, but when someone works in a job related to intelligence work, they’re considered somewhat like a civilian. Right now, the person was arrested as a civilian in front of their house. If they were arrested inside the military base, they could be taken to military court. However, when you’re outside the base, you can’t be tried in a military court due to restricted access. The Commander in Chief, which is currently Biden, would need to grant access to the military court. But since he didn’t, the person will be tried in a civilian court instead.
Did that young boy get set up by the democratic demon people posing as human?
Democratic demon people? What? I don’t know if he was set up by anyone or not, but if he was not and it will be proven in court, hopefully he will receive a punishment he deserves according to law.
@Anderson Langosh
All democrats serve the Antichrist
Lucifers army
Do you smoke pipe for the goat?
Half of the pics I see of him give me the first impression of a young girl, not a young man. I get he’s lonely, but seriously! Does he not have a working brain at all? Who hired this guy and was in-charge of him? Sounds like they failed miserably at their job, too.
Well he was working in IT probably, so I don’t think his looks were really important. Still, his guilt was not yet proven in court, so I’d wait for that first. The whole story looks too fishy somehow.
How did the 21 get this job, his parents, his family their one, and that is why he was there in that position.
@Daniel Dach despite the well-developed intelligence, we have a big problem with data storage security, and we have to solve this problem in the short term because it puts the United States in an embarrassing position in the international arena
I’m wondering the same thing. It’s a strange situation.
To me this is completely incomprehensible. Also, how could he just take out such secret documents?
@Kenyatta Anderson I agree. He had access to the documents, so he was responsible for keeping it all secret
The person in question passed their ASVAB test along with other requirements to get into their current position through their MOS. I see them as a tech-savvy person, much like myself. I am more interested in Signal Communication Intel and I am considering joining the MOS 35S. Some MOS in the military branch can be easy to get into if you have the knowledge and skills required for the job. While others may not have any technical knowledge but still manage to get in and succeed.
Each MOS can have varying levels of difficulty to get into, depending on the requirements and qualifications needed.
I’m not surprised that Marge Greene took the stance she did over this case, after all, her god Don did something similar – and she won’t want him going to jail
The US government should work to ensure that its policies and practices related to the handling of classified information are consistent with its values and principles, including respect for human rights and the rule of law.
Unfortunately, there’s been another security leak scandal, and the leak at this difficult time in the country is causing additional damage, so we have to work on our security system to rule it out in the future
In this situation, we can see that the United States in no way interferes in the affairs of other countries that are not necessary.
Unlike China and Russia, the United States does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, it only helps and controls them!
Good, now please prove his guilt and make him actually responsible for what he did. According to law.
I, too, am for the fact that the perpetrator must answer according to the law. But what if this guy was framed? That could happen, too.
No one should even think of becoming such a traitor. Therefore, I believe that whoever is guilty should be punished to the fullest extent of the law
This whole story is pretty bizarre. Is it by any chance made up for a Russian propaganda trap?
We need to improve the security system. This kind of information leakage is very bad! How could this even happen?
this case once again shows how weak is our data protection, we must be protected both from hacker attacks and from betrayal by employees, as happened in this case
the US government needs to pay attention to the problem of the security of stored data, this leak, as well as the previous ones, happened by foolish coincidence. I don’t condone the criminal actions of a security guard, but how and why did he have access to classified military documents?
China and Russia always interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and go beyond the limits of what is permitted through their propaganda)
The United States is always very attentive to what is happening in other countries, but it never goes beyond what is permitted.
@Audra Klein we want to share with our peace to every country in the world
It’s terrible that this happened, but the question is how could it have happened and who will be punished for it, because it’s extremely important!
I think our government will do everything right to find the true person and punish him
Because I don’t believe that it all was done by 21-year-old man
@Melida Reichert That would be so stupid
The only question is how this could have happened and who will be responsible for it
It’s no matter for us. Our government will solve it. We have to remember that it also could be not for just
There are a lot of questions. It is also unclear how this guy was able to just take out such secret documents. But I hope the court will find out everything and all the guilty will be punished and this kind of thing will never happen again
No matter what we have to remember about the situation in ukraine. They haven’t to suffer from our false
It’s really dangerous out there now. Mistakes in war are the price of people’s lives. We have to help them, not get in their way
I have no idea how this could have happened. But it’s important to conduct a quality investigation, to punish all those responsible, to never let this kind of leak happen again. We are talking about national security and the security of our allies. It is unacceptable to have traitors in these difficult times
The person who posted these documents online should be punished to the fullest extent of the law
His retired military father is where he got his “attitudes” about Pentagon classified records….Gen. Michael Flynn fans………
I dont see the government offering a plea deal. He has 0 defense and they need to make example. I think hes going to get hit with the max.
Death Row, that’s what he’s getting. last one has one due leak by NSA contractor around 7 months ago
True traitor
Jack’s story is a wake up call of what can happen when our youth are left to their own devices to be inundated by theist and anti-war hysteria.
He should be blacklisted and sent to at least 40 years in prison this is borderline treason
Give him the chair.
This kid is in trouble and man oh man is it bad!
Idk if you old people understand this. He did for clout. He is a normal brub kid who wanted to act cool. Got secret files. And shared it with his friends. Which shared with other thinking its fake and it spread from there.