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Ex-U.S. airman Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years for leaking classified documents on Discord

Former U.S. Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira received a 15-year sentence in federal prison for leaking classified military documents on Discord, it has been reported. Teixeira was arrested last year for leaking “hundreds of pages of information online,” which included national security secrets related to both U.S. foreign adversaries and allies, such as Russia, China, Ukraine, and South Korea. Sentencing hearing is set to begin momentarily for Jack Teixeira of Dighton, who entered a guilty plea earlier this year in top secret document leaking case.He faces 11 to 17 years in prison.@NBC10 pic.twitter.com/dV4YVhZo9q — Brian Crandall (@nbc10_brian) November 12, 2024 In March, Teixeira then pled guilty to six counts of “willful retention and transmission of national defense information.” By accepting a plea deal, he managed to have the government’s more severe espionage charges dismissed, thereby avoiding a potentially much longer maximum sentence of 60 years. According to coverage of the hearing by The Washington Post, Teixeira apologized in a U.S.

 

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