Prosecutors allege the Mass. Air National guardsman accused of leaking classified docs said he was tempted to turn a minivan into an 'assassination van.'
He is accused of distributing highly classified documents about top national security issues in a chat room on Discord, a social media platform that started as a hangout for gamers. The leak stunned military officials, sparked international uproar and raised fresh questions about America’s ability to safeguard its secrets.
An FBI affidavit shows how agents tracked down Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who's accused of posting top secret U.S. documents online. The Justice Department has said its investigation is continuing, and the Pentagon has said it would conduct its own review of access to sensitive intelligence to prevent a similar leak in the future.
His specialty in the Air National Guard was as a “cyber transport systems specialist,” essentially an IT specialist responsible for military communications networks. In that role, Teixeira would have had a higher level of security clearance because he would have also been tasked with responsibility to access and ensure protection for the network, a defense official told the AP.
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