Jack Teixeira

The lawyer for Jack Teixeira — the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking classified information on the internet — has filed a motion to be withdrawn as Teixeira’s counsel. No information was given as to why. The 21-year-old national guardsman was arrested in April and accused of leaking military secrets online, even after he was warned on multiple…

In ordering Jack Teixeira to remain locked up before his trial, U.S. Magistrate David Hennessy noted that the Massachusetts native was twice confronted by his superiors about his handling of confidential information before his arrest.

A federal magistrate judge says a Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified military documents will remain behind bars while he awaits trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy said Friday that releasing 21-year-old Jack Teixeira would pose a risk that he would attempt to flee the country or obstruct justice. The judge cited Teixeira’s “fascination with guns,”...

The Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified documents online is due back in court on Friday.

Superiors of the Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified military documents had raised concerns internally on multiple occasions about his handling or viewing of classified information.

The family of Jack Teixeira issued a statement of support for the first time since his April 13 arrest. The 21-year-old is facing charges under the Espionage Act.

Several red flags have now come to light – including Teixeira’s suspension from high school for comments made about guns and violence, the fact that he had been repeatedly denied a firearms license because of concerns raised by local police, and his online searches about mass shootings allegedly discovered by his superiors on his government computer.

In court filings that came out ahead of Thursday’s detention hearing, prosecutors questioned how Teixeira received top secret clearance – considering he had been suspended in high school for comments made about guns and violence, and had been repeatedly denied a firearms license because of concerns raised by local police.

It seems national security experts agree – Jack Teixeira shouldn’t have even had access to the classified documents he allegedly leaked. In court filings that came out ahead of Thursday’s detention hearing, prosecutors questioned how Teixeira received top secret clearance – considering he had been suspended in high school for comments made about guns and violence, and had been repeatedly…

Federal prosecutors argued Thursday the 21-year-old Airman First Class with the Air National Guard had top security clearance and should remain detained, posing a serious flight risk after authorities say he leaked classified documents on a social media gaming platform.

This evening, Jack Teixeira remains in custody awaiting a decision from a judge about whether he can be released to his family.

An “arsenal” of weapons, including a bazooka, AR- and AK-style rifles and tactical gear – that’s just some of what federal investigators say they found in the bedroom of 21-year-old Jack Teixeira. Teixeira is the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman facing upwards of 25 years in prison accused of posting classified documents online. Federal prosecutors dropped nearly 50 pages of documents,…

Prosecutors wrote that Jack Teixeira, who owned multiple guns, repeatedly had “detailed and troubling discussions about violence and murder”

In describing Teixeira as a danger to the community, prosecutors wrote that the suspect, who owned multiple guns, repeatedly had “detailed and troubling discussions about violence and murder” on the platform where authorities say he shared the documents. In February, he told another person that he was tempted to make a minivan into an “assassination van,” prosecutors wrote.

The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents kept an arsenal of guns and said on social media that he would like to kill a “ton of people,” prosecutors said in arguing Thursday that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira should remain in jail for his trial. But the judge at Teixeira’s detention hearing put off an immediate...

The highly classified documents are alleged to have been leaked by Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman.

The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified documents began posting sensitive information months earlier than originally known and to a much larger group, according to a chain of digital evidence linking the leaks to him, collected by the New York Times. Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old from North Dighton, was arrested last week, accused of leaking classified documents to…

The age of the 21-year-old airman charged in one of the most significant U.S. intelligence leaks in recent memory has been the focus of a growing question: Why would the nation give someone so young access to some of its most important secrets? But the Massachusetts airman’s age has not come up as a focus of the Pentagon’s investigation into...

The Air Force says it is investigating how classified documents got into the hands of Jack Teixeira.