WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - A federal grand jury has indicted a U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top-secret military intelligence records online, the Justice Department said in a statement on Thursday.
Jack Douglas Teixeira, 21, of North Dighton, Massachusetts, was indicted on six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information relating to national defense, the statement said.
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.
The leaked documents held highly classified information on allies and adversaries, with details ranging from Ukraine's air defenses during the Russian invasion to Israel's Mossad spy agency.
A member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing, Teixeira had earlier waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
Persons:
Jack Douglas Teixeira, Teixeira, Joe Biden, leaker, Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing, Kanishka Singh, Sarah N, Lynch, Rami Ayyub, Susan Heavey, Paul Grant, Eric Beech
Organizations:
U.S . Air National, Justice Department, WikiLeaks, Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence, Thomson
Locations:
North Dighton , Massachusetts