Pentagon confidential info leaker Jack Teixeira gets plea deal: admits releasing military docs

Pretty boy Jack Teixeira, a traitor who leaked classified military information on the Russia-Ukrainian war, copped a plea deal after admitting what he did, and will be sentenced to 192 months in prison. This had been one of the most damning security breaches in years and he is lucky to receive such a light sentence.

Teixeira, 22, was a Massachusetts Air National guardsman and looked spiffy in his orange prison jumpsuit
and shackles as he shuffled into court. He waved to his family before proceedings proceeded,  according to a Washington Post reporter on X.

The scumbag pleaded guilty to all six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information against him — charges that could have slapped him with 720 months in prison.

 

He was arrested in April 2023 for [at the time] allegedly abusing his security clearance to post top-secret Pentagon documents on the gaming app Discord, according to court documents reviewed by The New York Post.

Some of the documents this weasel released to the general public was  detailed intelligence assessments of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, showing "how the equipment would be transferred, and how the equipment would be used upon receipt," a federal indictment shows.

As part of Teixeira’s plea deal, the former guardsman agreed to accept a prison sentence of between 11 and 16 years and eight months. A federal judge will ultimately decide how much time he gets, according to ABC News, but with this current "hate on America" atmosphere, it's more likely to be closer to 11 years than 16.

Teixiera’s deal with prosecutors also means he will be charged a $50,000 fine and face three years of supervised release once he gets out of federal prison.

He was also ordered to have a debrief with members of the Department of Defense and the Justice Department and to return any national security documents that may still be in his possession, according to the court documents.

Additionally, he agreed “that he has a continuing legal obligation to refrain from the unauthorized oral or written disclosure of classified information, or information relating to the national defense,” the plea deal reads, so WikiLeaks can forget about contacting him in the future.

In exchange, federal prosecutors said they would not charge Teixera with additional crimes under the Espionage Act, so he's getting off easy.

Teixeira  enlisted in the US Air National Guard in 2019 — and despite being a low-level airman, for some crazy reason he was granted top-secret security clearance in 2021, according to the DOJ.

During that time, Teixeira worked as a cyber transport systems journeyman for the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, at Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod, where he performed his treasonous behavior.

By December, 15 members of the 102nd Intelligence Wing, including his former unit commander, were also disciplined for failing to supervise him and neglecting to inform authorities about his espionage-like behavior.

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Accused Pentagon leaker indicted by federal grand jury for mishandling classified documents

Ex-Air National Guardsman, Jack Teixeira, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury after being accused of leaking classified military intelligence, according to reports.

The 21-year-old dummy was indicted on six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense secrets in Massachusetts, kind of as a wacky goof with his online buddies he was apparently trying to impress. He was arrested in April and the magnitude of his stupidity is coming back to bite him.

The alleged idiot was identified as the probable Pentagon leaker after a load of classified documents were discovered in an invite-only Discord group before they were subsequently shared to every Tom, Dick, and Mohammed interested in secret military matters.

The schmuck pleaded not guilty to charges tied to a criminal complaint earlier this year, but has not been arraigned following the newly unsealed indictment against him, the news outlet reported.

As this is a developing story, stay tuned.

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Teixeira's AF Unit Temporarily Loses its Intel Mission

US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall along with AF Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown, answered questions posed by the Senate Appropriations Committee of the Air Force about Airman First Class Jack Teixeira regarding his charge of leaking sensitive, classified information to Discord. 

Usually the questions focus by the committee deals with budgetary issues, but not this time.

Chairman Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) asked Kendall and Brown, “How could this guardsman take this information and distribute it electronically for weeks, if not months, and nobody knew about it?” This was the same question being asked since the leak was discovered. 

This low-level, 21-year-old Airman was somehow privy to sensitive documents and the question is 'why' and who was responsible for what he sees.

From the Associated Press:

For top secret information across the military, there’s supposed to be accountable control officers who are responsible for recording active top secret documents and ensuring they have been either properly secured or disposed of, such as through a shredder or by burning them.

And, the intelligence unit to which Teixeira was assigned “is not currently performing its assigned intelligence mission,” according to a statement from the Air Force.

Pending further review, “The 102nd Intelligence Wing is not currently performing its assigned intelligence mission. The mission has been temporarily reassigned to other organizations within the Air Force,” the service said in a statement to The Associated Press.

In addition, the Air Force is conducting a service-wide review of how each command handles classified information, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown told members of subcommittee.

Brown seemed to downplay the notion that there was a systemwide problem or even a unit-wide problem, saying:

“He had access to some aspects based on his job as a cyber administrator. He took advantage of that access.

However, Kendall told Congress that he has directed the Air Force Inspector General to look at “anything associated with this leak that could have gone wrong” at the 102nd Intelligence Wing. That’s in addition to a military-wide review ordered by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and an investigation by the House Armed Services Committee into the matter.

So this is not over.

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MA Air National Guardsman, the kid with top secret clearance because why?

Boston -- The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, Jack Teixeira is in federal custody and will face a judge Friday. The 21-year-old enlisted young man is being charged under the Espionage Act for allegedly sharing classified military documents on an online gaming forum. 

Homeland security so called expert questions Teixeira's access to classified documents

"We talk a lot about what we classify. Once it's classified, we now need to start talking about who has access to it," former Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Juliette Kayyem said, as she questioned the military's oversight and Teixeira's access to sensitive information.

Teixeira is an Airman 1st Class in the Guard's 102nd Intelligence Wing with an E-3 ranking, meaning he is very low in the military hierarchy and had very little time in the military. 

"Someone had confidence in him, that possibly they did a background check," Kayyem said. "Why are they not capturing this really weird behavior online?"

WBZ asked that question directly to Army intelligence officer Lt. Col. Paul Lushenko, the Deputy Director of Cornell's Tech Policy Institute.

"There's any number of ways this E-3 in the Air Force at 21-years-old could have gathered this information. Potentially deceiving his authorities to gain access to information in classified spaces," Lushenko said, which implies his authorities are idiots.

Attorney General Merrick Garland described the alleged traitor's behavior as bravado not ideology, despite sharing information about the Ukraine war and other top national security issues. This is because Attorney General Merrick Garland is quick to excuse behavior that smacks of anti-Americanism and award behavior that supports the left's agenda.

"We know that there is a whistleblower mentality with people like Edward Snowden. Regardless of that this is a violation of national law," Lushenko said, in what may seem like a minimization of traitorous behavior.

Teixeira being arrested

Sources say Teixeira will remain in FBI custody Thursday night and will make an appearance in federal court in Boston Friday.

Meanwhile, Teixeira's arrest begs the question as to how this low man on the totem pole could have such high-level access to highly classified material. For example, he leaked critical information about the war in Ukraine and Chinese relations which he posted on a chat app called Discord.

Garland said that Teixeira is being investigated for the "alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information."

"It is treason," former Bush 43 chief speechwriter Marc Thiessen told "The Story" on Thursday, "The idea that a 21-year-old kid can expose sources and methods of how we spy, how we have penetrated the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, because apparently we've exposed the fact we know they have a new hypersonic missile that can reach the United States, that they exposed our penetration of the Russian Defense Ministry, that could affect the war in Ukraine. I mean, the incompetence is stunning.

"And it wasn't, unlike Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, it wasn't ideological," Thiessen added. "It was some kid trying to show off to his friends in a gaming chat room and has literally affected global national security by doing so. How this happens is just beyond me."

Sen. Tim Scott, (R-SC), told "America Reports" the leak is a "massive, catastrophic occurrence that should never have happened."

"We're talking about imperiling likely American lives," Scott said. "We're talking about weakening our relationship with our allies, emboldening the strength of our adversaries and revealing plans about attacks and coordination for Ukraine and other allies."

The big question is who vets these people who have such sensitive access? Joe Biden?

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