Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeria bragged to Discord buddies about breaking guidelines: docs

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeria was warned twice to cease taking notes on categorised info — and bragged about breaking the principles to his buddies, prosecutors mentioned.

In courtroom papers filed Wednesday, Justice Division attorneys claimed the Massachusetts Air Nationwide Guardsman jotted down top-secret info throughout confidential conferences that he would then unfold throughout a social media channel devoted to video video games and weapons.

“It’s clear that the dissemination of the categorised nationwide protection info that the Defendant unlawfully posted was much more widespread and numerous than beforehand recognized,” the documents state.

“It’s also clear that the Defendant publicly exalted within the breadth and sensitivity of the knowledge that he was disclosing … The Defendant boasted in regards to the large swath of categorised info he had entry to by advantage of his place.”

Teixeria, who labored as a cyber transport programs specialist, was arrested last month and charged beneath the Espionage Act with unauthorized retention and transmission of categorised nationwide protection info for allegedly sharing a whole bunch of extremely categorised Pentagon paperwork regarding nationwide safety and the conflict in Ukraine on the gaming platform Discord over the course of a number of months.

In accordance with the Wednesday submitting, one of many social media platforms servers had no less than 150 customers — together with abroad people — on the time Teixeria allegedly shared confidential info, although prosecutors consider “many extra” customers have since flocked to the channel since his arrest.

In a single chat, the 21-year-old advised his buddies that he would submit “a f–ck ton of data” about US intelligence in Israel, Palestine, Syria, Iran, China and extra, the submitting reveals.

“Idgaf what they are saying I can or can’t share … [a]ll of the s–t I’ve advised you guys I’m not speculated to,” he allegedly advised different customers, implying he understood the unlawfulness of his disclosures.

Teixeria was admonished by his superiors in September 2022 for reportedly scribbling down notes throughout a confidential assembly and slipping the piece of paper into his pocket.

He was given a cease-and-desist order stopping him from conducting “any deep dives into categorised
intelligence info,” however Teixeria was caught taking notes a second time only one month later.

In February 2023, Teixeria was once more noticed “viewing content material that was not associated to his duties,” prosecutors mentioned.

The federal submitting additionally claimed that Teixeria’s secret historical past as a doubtlessly violent individual proves that he was performing maliciously when he allegedly shared secret info on Discord.

Prosecutors pointed to a video published by the Washington Post of Teixeria utilizing racial and ethnic slurs whereas “emptying the journal of bullets” at a goal.

He additionally allegedly mentioned on-line that he wished to homicide a “ton of individuals” within the identify of “culling the weak-minded” and talked about rigging an “assassination van.”

“There may be each indication that the Defendant is expert and skilled at hiding these unsavory facets of his character,” the submitting states.

Teixeria, who has not but entered a plea, claimed he by no means meant for any of the knowledge he shared to be “broadly disseminated.”

A ruling on Teixeira’s pre-trial detention is predicted Friday