A 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard member has been named in multiple reports as the leader of an online chat group where a number of classified military documents were published about the ongoing war in Ukraine and U.S. intelligence operations around the world.
According to The New York Times, the national guardsman, whose name is Jack Teixeira, controlled an online Discord server called Thug Shaker Central that also included about 20 to 30 people, mostly young men, and teenagers. They would indulge in discussions about video games, guns, and often racist memes.
On Thursday, the New York Times said government officials confirmed that Airman Teixeira was being sought for questioning concerning the leaks, which have caused a diplomatic firestorm and spawned at least two ongoing investigations by the Justice Department and the Defense Department.
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