Mass. Leak Suspect Spoke of ‘Murder,' May Still Have US Secrets, Feds SayIn Jack Teixeira's detention hearing, the judge expressed skepticism of defense arguments that the government hasn't shown he ever intended leaked information to be widely disseminated: "Somebody under the age of 30 has no idea that when they put something on the internet that it could end up anywhere in this world?"
By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker and Tara Copp • Published April 27, 2023 • Updated 47 mins ago
The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents kept an arsenal of guns and said on social media that he would like to kill a "ton of people," prosecutors said in arguing Thursday that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira should remain in jail for his trial.
But the judge at Teixeira's detention hearing put off an immediate decision whether he should be kept in custody until his trial or released to home confinement or under other conditions. Teixeira was led away from the court in handcuffs, black rosary beads around his neck, pending that ruling.
The court filings raise new questions about why Teixeira had such a high security clearance and access to some of the nation's most classified secrets. They said he may still have material that hasn't been released, which could be of "tremendous value to hostile nation states that could offer him safe harbor and attempt to facilitate his escape from the United States."
In Teixeira's detention hearing, Magistrate Judge David Hennessy expressed skepticism of defense arguments that the government hasn't shown Teixeira ever intended leaked information to be widely disseminated. ...
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