Jack Teixeira searched ‘leak’ in classified system as feds closed in: affidavit

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Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman suspected of spilling a trove of classified US documents online, searched the word “leak” on his government-issued computer, court …

online frantically searched the word “leak” on his government-issued computer — on the same day the public found out about the intel breach, court records unsealed Friday allege.

The search gave investigators reason to believe Teixeira was trying to determine whether anyone had discovered who was responsible for the leaks, the FBI alleges.on Thursday following a weeklong probe into the leak, is accused of accessing the materials at the Cape Cod base where he worked and then sharing it with members of his private Discord group. From there, prosecutors say, the documents spread across social media.

The bureau also interviewed a fellow Discord user who was familiar with Teixeira’s online posts on Monday, the affidavit said. The unidentified user told the feds that a Discord username linked to Teixeira had started posting what appeared to be classified information since at least December of last year.

Images of the documents reviewed by The Post showed they were copies of briefing slides had been photographed on a desk or table before being shared online. Some also had crease marks, indicating they had been folded over multiple times.

 

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He's a baby, patsy maybe the one who gave him clearance should be arrested, no wait this kid's a HERO

Hero

Lmfao. No NG has to security clearance for top secret CIA documents

He's a traitor to this country

What's your pronoun, Jack

Pardon Jack.

If you believe this, you believe all the lies in the leaks.

Reminder that had he not leaked this, we would not know the government was violating the constitution by actively engaging in war without congressional approval.

Follow along at home:

He's a hero.

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