Jack Teixeira, 21, is accused of sharing highly classified documents about top national security issues.
Washington:
A US airman accused of leaking top-secret documents will remain in jail pending trial, a federal judge ruled Friday, after prosecutors argued he posed a risk to US national security.
Jack Teixeira – a 21-year-old Air National Guard IT specialist – reportedly carried out the most damaging leak of US classified documents in a decade, posting a trove of highly sensitive information in an online chat forum.
The documents, which soon spread on the Internet, pointed to US concerns over Ukraine’s military capability against invading Russian forces and showed Washington apparently spied on allies Israel and South Korea, among other sensitive details. Was.
Prosecutors argued that Teixeira could still have access to classified documents and that “hostile” nations could aid his escape if he was released from prison, also adding that he was expected to make a “violent” statement. There was history.
Teixeira’s defense team said that their client no longer had access to such documents and, arguing that the government was exaggerating the danger he posed, released him into the custody of his father pending trial. should go.
The airman was arrested last month after a week-long investigation and was charged with two charges that carry a maximum jail term of 10 years and five years.
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