Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira may still have access to classified docs: DOJ

[Kamaji]

Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira may still have access to classified docs: DOJ

By Snejana Farberov
April 27, 2023

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to keep Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira behind bars in his Pentagon leaks case, arguing that he could cause “extraordinary” damage by releasing even more classified documents.

In court papers filed late Wednesday, the Justice Department lawyers wrote that releasing the 21-year-old suspect while he awaits trial would pose a grave threat to the US national security as investigators are still trying to determine whether he kept any copies of classified files, including ones that have not been made public yet.

“There simply is no condition or combination of conditions that can ensure the Defendant will not further disclose additional information still in his knowledge or possession,” prosecutors wrote. “The damage the Defendant has already caused to the US national security is immense. The damage the Defendant is still capable of causing is extraordinary.”

Prosecutors said that he might still have access to material that could aid foreign adversaries.

Teixeira has “accessed and may still have access to a trove of classified information that would be of tremendous value to hostile nation states that could offer him safe harbor and attempt to facilitate his escape from the United States,” prosecutors said.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/04/27/jack-teixeira-may-still-have-access-to-classified-documents/

[Kamaji]

Seriously!!!

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Makes sense.  He's a tech guy and could have uploaded docs to any number of storage sites but not yet disseminated them.  All he'd need to access them is his password.

[mountaineer]

Mass. Leak Suspect Spoke of ‘Murder,' May Still Have US Secrets, Feds Say
In 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. ...  NBC10 Boston

[DefiantMassRINO]

 

So, does Jack Teixeira have Classified and Sensitive documents lying around his garage, next to his classic green Corvette?

[berdie]

So, does Jack Teixeira have Classified and Sensitive documents lying around his garage, next to his classic green Corvette?

Sarcastic...but true.

[verga]

Color me stupid, but how does a 21 year old tech have the clearance to be able to access that stuff?

[mountaineer]

Catherine Herridge
@CBS_Herridge
According to DOJ newly-filed memo, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified materials had a cache of weapons + tactical gear surrounding his bed, reports @CBS_Herridge.  Prosecutors allege the 21-year old is a flight risk.

https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1651562450133610500

[GtHawk]

Catherine Herridge
@CBS_Herridge
According to DOJ newly-filed memo, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified materials had a cache of weapons + tactical gear surrounding his bed, reports @CBS_Herridge.  Prosecutors allege the 21-year old is a flight risk.

https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1651562450133610500

Aside from the traitor thingy....OH NOES! A young man in the military had an interest in legal firearms and gear and heaven forbid had them out in the open in his own bedroom!

[mountaineer]

That target, though. Needs more range time.