Jack Douglas Teixeira arrest comes a week after the leaks first became widely known.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old US national guardsman, Jack Douglas Teixeira, in connection with leak of classified documents including intelligence updates and the assessment of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Here are 5 facts about the airman Jack Teixeira:
- Jack Douglas Teixeira was an airman 1st class at Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts, according to his service record.
- He joined the Air National Guard in 2019 and worked as a "Cyber Transport Systems Journeyman," or an IT specialist.
- Teixeira was with the unit on a one-year active duty deployment that started last September, according to a US official following the case who asked not to be identified discussing private information.
- His job was network defence and he held a classification known as Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information, the official said.
- The alleged leaker reportedly went by the nickname "OG" and regularly posted documents in the chat group in question for months.
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