Array
A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman arrested in the leak of highly classified military documents has been ordered to remain behind bars pending a hearing next week.
Jack Teixeira, 21, appeared in federal court on Boston on Friday, one day after his arrest.
A federal magistrate judge ordered him jailed until at least a detention hearing set for next Wednesday.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
BOSTON A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman arrested in the leak of highly classified military documents has arrived in federal court Friday as the Justice Department prepares to outline the criminal case against him.
Jack Teixeira, 21, was arrested by heavily armed tactical agents on Thursday following a weeklong criminal investigation into the disclosure of highly sensitive government records, an alarming breach that exposed to the world unvarnished secret assessments on the war in Ukraine, the capabilities and geopolitical interests of other nations and other top national security issues.
Justice Department prosecutors are expected to reveal new details about the allegations while unsealing a criminal complaint in Boston charging Teixeira under an Espionage Act provision that makes it a crime to remove, retain or transmit national defense information.
