Former Massachusetts Air National Guard Airman Jack Teixeira, who was part of the 102nd Intelligence Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base, appeared in U.S. District Court on Monday to enter a plea of guilty to charges of leaking U.S. classified documents onto Discord, a chat and streaming service generally used by gamers.
The deal was struck with Justice Department investigators after his attorneys spent several months reviewing the evidence against the former Airman.
Teixeira was accused of using his top-secret security clearance to access classified government computer networks on an Air Force base in Cape Cod, where he worked with a unit providing intelligence support to the military. A Washington Post investigation revealed that, while Teixeira was serving in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, he shared hundreds of classified documents as well as his own summaries of…
