Leak of US classified documents: court sentences military guardsman
Kyiv • UNN
A 22-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was sentenced to 15 years in prison for leaking classified documents. Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty in a case involving data on the war in Ukraine.
A US court in Boston has sentenced a 22-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, Jack Teixeira, to 15 years in prison for leaking classified US military documents to the Internet. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.
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Among the published information were documents related to the invasion of Ukraine by a terrorist country.
Teixeira pleaded guilty back in March, admitting to what federal prosecutors called “some of the most significant” violations of the Espionage Act. At the hearing, which was conducted by Judge Indira Talwani, Teixeira apologized for his actions, but was convicted of serious violations of national data security.
