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Pentagon leaker wanted to kill 'a lot of people'

2023-04-28 07:49:03Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Pentagon leaker wanted to kill 'a lot of people'
Jack Douglas Teixeira in federal court in Boston

A judge has postponed a decision on whether the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military information should be held in prison pending his trial. The Massachusetts Air National Guard member carried an arsenal of weapons and talked about "violence and murder" on a social media platform and that he would like to kill "a lot of people," prosecutors said, arguing Thursday that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira must remain in jail until his trial.

But the judge at Teixeira's detention hearing postponed an immediate decision on whether he should be kept in custody or released to house arrest or other conditions. Teixeira left the court in handcuffs, awaiting the verdict.

Court documents raise new questions about why Teixeira had such a high security clearance and access to some of the country's most classified secrets. They said he may still have material that has not been released that could be of "tremendous value to hostile states that might offer him a safe haven and attempt to facilitate his escape from the United States ".

At Teixeira's detention hearing, Magistrate Judge David Hennessy expressed skepticism about defense arguments that the government has never shown that Teixeira intended the leaked information to be widely distributed.

"Does anyone under the age of 30 have no idea that when they put something online, it can end up anywhere in the world?" asked the judge. "Seriously?"

One possibility is that the judge could order Teixeira locked up in his father's house while he awaits trial, if not jailed. Under questioning at the hearing, his father, Jack Michael Teixeira, said he was aware that if his son violated the terms of his release or home confinement, he would have to report it. Michael Teixeira said he owns firearms but no longer has any in his home.

Court documents asking a federal judge to keep Teixeiras in custody detailed a troubling history dating back to high school, where he was suspended when a classmate overheard him discussing a Molotov cocktail and other weapons, as well as racial threats. More recently, prosecutors said, he used his government computer to research mass shootings and run-ins with federal agents.

He remains a grave threat to national security and a flight risk, prosecutors wrote. Investigators are still trying to determine whether he kept any physical or digital copies of classified information, including files that have not already been made public.

The court filing also claims that Jack Teixeira was dictated to on April 6 — the day the New York Times first published an article about the leaked documents — searching for the word "leaked" in a classified system. The FBI says that suggested Teixeira was trying to find information on the leak investigation./VOA


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