Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeria pleaded guilty on Monday for leaking Pentagon documents to Discord that surfaced in the media last year and revealed US government lies about the Ukraine proxy war.
With his guilty plea, Teixeria agreed to a deal that will see him serve a harsh sentence of between 11 and 16 years in prison. The final sentence will be decided by a federal judge in September.
After the guilty plea, Teixeria’s family issued a statement that said he had “taken responsibility” for his part in the leaks. The statement also pointed to an investigation by the Air Force Inspector General on 102nd Intelligence Wing that Teixera worked in.
The statement said the “lackadaisical work atmosphere, lack of adequate training and oversight, combined with a complete disregard for policy or procedure ‘directly and indirectly’ contributed to what happened.” After the Air Force investigation, the commanding officer of the 102nd Intelligence Wing was removed from his post, and 14 other members of the Air National Guard were disciplined for the leaks.
Teixeria was initially named as the leaker by The New York Times, which conducted an investigation with Bellingcat to identify him. He shared the classified documents with his friends on a private Discord server that had about 25 members, a group of young men and teenage boys. According to The Washington Post, there were 300 photos of documents he shared, but many were buried by the mainstream outlets that obtained them.
Some of the most significant revelations of the Discord leaks include the fact that the US did not think Ukraine would succeed in its 2023 counteroffensive but pushed for it anyway. A document also confirmed there were NATO special operations forces inside Ukraine. As of March 2023, 97 NATO soldiers, including 14 Americans, were in the country.
The documents also revealed the US was spying on the UN secretary-general and some close US allies. The leaks were a huge embarrassment for the US government and prompted the White House to warn media outlets not to report on them.
This kid Texeira is a hero in my eyes. Pathetic that his family is made to point to ridiculous ass-covering military report about poor discipline, etc. Without his information we the American public would be even blinder than we are to what is going on. We have a right to know.
“This kid Texeira ” He was not a “kid”. He acted like one, but he was not one.
Was Navalny your hero too for exposing Putin’s corruption?
Or do your heros can only be anti US or West ?
He did something that was the job of journalists. Who not only reliably failed to their job, in sofar as they even understand their role and duty in a functioning democracy, but then failed to report on the important information that would have served public understanding tremendoulsy at the time, that was thrown into their lap, instead turning their focus solely on the irrelevant bystory of the hunt of the leaker and made that the story. (Much like the German media handled the leaked conversation of a couple of their generals dragging Germany into a war with Russia.)
As a remote byproduct he in passing ripped whatever cover the ‘Bellingcat’ operation had left and exposed the CIA/MI6 operation for what they are. Which in itself is already a greater journalistic accomplishment than the entire Western legacy media was able to muster collectively the last twenty some years.
It was their job to cover for it.
“Teixeria was initially named as the leaker by The New York Times, which conducted an investigation with Bellingcat to identify him.” I’m sorry to tell you, but if you still read NYT, the absolute best thing you could be is an idiot.
The NYT is still lying about Hamas rape coverage.
Yes, the NYT is only a great source when its articles fit your narratives.
Joe Biden, the Espionage Act, and me
Just like me, Biden kept classified information outside a secure facility and shared that information with the press to express concern over US policy. But the prosecutors treated us very differently.
“ In February, I was released from federal prison, having served 33 months for a violation of the Espionage Act, after I disclosed classified information detailing what I saw as the high moral cost of America’s drone assassination program. Before having time to adjust to the world beyond concrete walls, I was struck by the news of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report [PDF] wherein he lays out the reasons he decided not to charge President Joe Biden for alleged violations of the same law.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/3/5/joe-biden-the-espionage-act-and-me
Ye shall know the truth. And the truth shall get ye sent to prison for a decade and change by the petty tyrants of the cancer known as the US federal government
The prison sentence should apply to the judge who court marshaled him…!
“…leaking Pentagon documents…”
really, is he some kind of spy working against America?
not in my opinion, no.
“see him serve a harsh sentence of between 11 and 16 years in prison.”
christ on a stick, did he give aid and comfort to the enemy?
oh wait, yes he did, because the American people are the enemy.
isn’t that right uncle sam.
Seems like he did a lot growing up in jail in last year to realize his mistake. His admitting his mistake and the fact that he was not doing it for profit, save him from spending most his life in prison.
I’m sure his lawyers advised him to do what would get him the least amount of jail time. He didn’t need to “grow up”. He was already acting like people should strive to act like. Exposing US lies should get him a parade, not jail time.
Some of the most significant revelations of the Discord leaks include the fact that the US did not think Ukraine would succeed in its 2023 counteroffensive but pushed for it anyway.
A document also confirmed there were NATO special operations forces inside Ukraine. As of March 2023, 97 NATO soldiers, including 14 Americans, were in the country.
The documents also revealed the US was spying on the UN secretary-general and some close US allies.
Are those things something you condone? No need to answer that, you condone genocide, so I already know.
OMG. He was playing a game online and using classified information, Who knows what American or allies lives he may have been putting at risk. And that is your idea of an American hero? I know you support Middle East terrorists and enjoyed the Oct 7 attack, but I didn’t think until now that you would root for American troops to betrayed their brothers in arms and put them at risk.
Heaven forfend that the people paying for all this shit find out what the money taken from them is being used for.
What about exposing the US to putting their supposed “allies” at risk?
Some of the most significant revelations of the Discord leaks include the fact that the US did not think Ukraine would succeed in its 2023 counteroffensive but pushed for it anyway.
Why is it always what damage MIGHT have happened to the US and never about the damage CAUSED by the US that these leaks expose? And don’t give me that jingoistic bullshit about supporting my “brothers in Arms” because it won’t work. If more of them had Teixeira’s balls, they’d all be better off.
And I don’t support ME terrorists, especially Israel, who has made the Oct 7th Hamas attack look like a picnic in comparison to what they have done since that day. Again, that would be you.
His only mistake was pissing off the petty tyrants of the US federal government