Pentagon Leak Suspect Warned Against Viewing Confidential Materials – Prosecution | Pentagon Leak 2023
U.S. Air National Guard officer Jack Teixeira, who has been charged with being involved in leaking classified military documents by the so-called Department of Defense, has been repeatedly cautioned for mishandling classified material, according to court filings.
Lawyers for the Department of Justice clarified this fact in court documents and called for Teixeira to be held in prison while he awaits trial stemming from the incident. The most significant data breach in years. A judge is expected to hear further arguments on Friday before making a ruling.
Teixeira is accused of sharing classified documents on key national security issues in a chatroom on Discord, a social media platform that began as a gamer hangout. He has not filed a petition yet.
Prosecutors allege Teixeira continued leaking documents after being twice reprimanded last year for “concerned behavior” related to classified information under senior oversight.
A memo from September 2022 states that Teixeira was seen taking notes about classified information and keeping them in his pocket. According to the memo, Teixeira was instructed at the time not to take any further notes of confidential information in any form.
Another memo from late October said Teixeira “may have ignored a cease and desist order on digging into intelligence information” issued the previous month. Teixeira attended the meeting and continued to ask “very specific questions,” according to the memo. He was told again to focus on his own work instead of “deep diving” into his confidential information.
A third memo from February this year said that Teixeira was observed viewing information “related to the intelligence field and unrelated to his original mission.” The memo said Teixeira “was given advance notice to concentrate on his own career duties and not to pursue intelligence activities.”
“Defendants continued to share information with their online peers, ignored these warnings, and made further efforts to cover up their illegal activities,” the prosecutor wrote.
Lawyers for Teixeira, who was arrested last month on espionage charges, are: urged the judge to release Teixeira to her father’s house, noted that the man did not run away when the media began releasing his name shortly before his arrest on April 13. His lawyer told a judge last month that Teixeira “will answer the charges” and “will be tried by his compatriots.”
Teixeira’s attorneys said in a court filing Wednesday that there were numerous espionage law cases in which courts had approved his release or the government had failed to detain him before trial. They also said there was no allegation that Teixeira intended the document to be widely distributed.
However, prosecutors said in a filing that one of the social media platform’s servers where he posted the sensitive information had at least 150 users at the time the information was shared, and “now has many more users. may be actively seeking access to information.”
“Among the individuals with whom the defendants shared government information are many individuals who have stated that they reside in other countries and who have logged on to social media platforms using foreign IP addresses,” the prosecution said. the officer writes.
In his message, Teixeira boasted of the extent of the information he had access to, writing, “The information I am providing here is less than half of what is available,” prosecutors said. . “I told you guys you shouldn’t share,” he wrote in another message, prosecutors said, according to Justice Department filings. .
In previous court records, prosecutors revealed that Teixeira had an arsenal before his arrest and had a history of violent and disturbing remarks.
The leaked documents appear to detail U.S. intelligence assessments of U.S. and NATO aid to Ukraine and allies that could strain relations with those countries. . Some show real-time details of Ukrainian and Russian battlefield positions in February and March, as well as exact numbers of battlefield equipment flowing into Ukraine from allies.
Summarize this content to 100 words U.S. Air National Guard officer Jack Teixeira, who has been charged with being involved in leaking classified military documents by the so-called Department of Defense, has been repeatedly cautioned for mishandling classified material, according to court filings.Lawyers for the Department of Justice clarified this fact in court documents and called for Teixeira to be held in prison while he awaits trial stemming from the incident. The most significant data breach in years. A judge is expected to hear further arguments on Friday before making a ruling.Teixeira is accused of sharing classified documents on key national security issues in a chatroom on Discord, a social media platform that began as a gamer hangout. He has not filed a petition yet.Prosecutors allege Teixeira continued leaking documents after being twice reprimanded last year for “concerned behavior” related to classified information under senior oversight.A memo from September 2022 states that Teixeira was seen taking notes about classified information and keeping them in his pocket. According to the memo, Teixeira was instructed at the time not to take any further notes of confidential information in any form.U.S. Air Force memo on Pentagon Leakes suspect Jack Teixeira revealed in court filings Photo: US Department of Defense/courtlistener.comAnother memo from late October said Teixeira “may have ignored a cease and desist order on digging into intelligence information” issued the previous month. Teixeira attended the meeting and continued to ask “very specific questions,” according to the memo. He was told again to focus on his own work instead of “deep diving” into his confidential information.A third memo from February this year said that Teixeira was observed viewing information “related to the intelligence field and unrelated to his original mission.” The memo said Teixeira “was given advance notice to concentrate on his own career duties and not to pursue intelligence activities.””Defendants continued to share information with their online peers, ignored these warnings, and made further efforts to cover up their illegal activities,” the prosecutor wrote.Lawyers for Teixeira, who was arrested last month on espionage charges, are: urged the judge to release Teixeira to her father’s house, noted that the man did not run away when the media began releasing his name shortly before his arrest on April 13. His lawyer told a judge last month that Teixeira “will answer the charges” and “will be tried by his compatriots.”U.S. Air Force memo on Pentagon Leakes suspect Jack Teixeira revealed in court filings Photo: US Department of Defense/courtlistener.comTeixeira’s attorneys said in a court filing Wednesday that there were numerous espionage law cases in which courts had approved his release or the government had failed to detain him before trial. They also said there was no allegation that Teixeira intended the document to be widely distributed.However, prosecutors said in a filing that one of the social media platform’s servers where he posted the sensitive information had at least 150 users at the time the information was shared, and “now has many more users. may be actively seeking access to information.””Among the individuals with whom the defendants shared government information are many individuals who have stated that they reside in other countries and who have logged on to social media platforms using foreign IP addresses,” the prosecution said. the officer writes.In his message, Teixeira boasted of the extent of the information he had access to, writing, “The information I am providing here is less than half of what is available,” prosecutors said. . “I told you guys you shouldn’t share,” he wrote in another message, prosecutors said, according to Justice Department filings. .In previous court records, prosecutors revealed that Teixeira had an arsenal before his arrest and had a history of violent and disturbing remarks.The leaked documents appear to detail U.S. intelligence assessments of U.S. and NATO aid to Ukraine and allies that could strain relations with those countries. . Some show real-time details of Ukrainian and Russian battlefield positions in February and March, as well as exact numbers of battlefield equipment flowing into Ukraine from allies.
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