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Pentagon Leak Suspect Repeatedly Warned About Mishandling Classified Records, DOJ Alleges

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21-year-old Jack Teixeira was accused of leaking classified documents about the war in Ukraine.
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The 21-year-old Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly sensitive military documents was warned multiple times about his handling of classified information, prosecutors alleged Wednesday, as the Department of Justice pushes to keep the defendant behind bars before one of the most high-profile document leak trials in recent history.Key Facts

Prosecutors shared Air Force memoranda detailing three different instances since September in which defendant Jack Teixeira allegedly displayed misconduct—including pocketing notes he took on classified intelligence and using a computer to look at intelligence that was unrelated to his duties with the Massachusetts Air National Guard.

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