Identity of suspect behind Pentagon documents leak revealed

A 21-year-old member of the intelligence wing of the Massachusetts Air Nationwide Guard has been recognized because the chief of a web-based chat group the place high secret Pentagon paperwork had been leaked.

Jack Teixeira, the chief of the Thug Shaker Central chat group  on Discord, was named by the New York Occasions and a number of retailers as one of many males who may very well be behind one of many largest nationwide safety breaches within the final decade.

Teixeira may very well be arrested at the moment and federal authorities may search his dwelling, based on a number of reviews.  

The within of Teixeira’s childhood dwelling in Bristol, Massachusetts, matched pictures of the delicate recordsdata on US intelligence and the Ukraine struggle which have been shared on boards because the finish of final yr, based on the Occasions.

The FBI now needs to query Teixeira, whose mom Daybreak confirmed to the Occasions that he’s an lively member figuring out of a base in Cape Cod and has been taking extra night time shifts.

A spokesman for the US Justice Division declined to remark when contacted by DailyMail.com. 

The revelation comes after President Joe Biden stated in the course of the third day of his Eire journey that investigators had been ‘getting nearer’ to discovering out the supply.

Jack Teixeira, the chief of the Thug Shaker Central chat group on Discord, was named by the New York Time s as one of many males who may very well be behind one of many largest nationwide safety breaches within the final decade

The within of Teixeira’s childhood dwelling in Bristol, Massachusetts, matched pictures of the delicate recordsdata on US intelligence and the Ukraine struggle which have been shared on boards because the finish of final yr, based on the Occasions 

Biden additionally stated he wasn’t ‘involved’ concerning the sharing of the paperwork that threatened to threat American belongings around the globe as a result of the data just isn’t ‘contemporaneous’ 

The intelligence included within the recordsdata have included data suggesting Ukraine will quickly run out of artillery and probably risking U.S. intelligence sources around the globe. 

Dozens of youngsters and younger adults are stated to make up the group the place these recordsdata had been posted and have been described as ‘like-minded’ people. 

Two members of the chat room described the suspect to the The Washington Put up on Wednesday night time.

‘He is match. He is robust. He is armed. He is educated. Nearly all the things you’ll be able to anticipate out of some kind of loopy film,’ one of many members stated.

He described him as ‘a younger, charismatic man who loves nature, God, capturing weapons and racing automobiles.’

Amid an intense seek for the supply of the leaks, The Washington Put up reported they’d seen video and pictures of the person, in addition to recordings of his interactions with members of the group.

In a video seen by The Put up, the person is seen at a capturing vary with a big rifle, carrying security glasses and ear coverings. The person seems into the digital camera and yells racial and antisemitic insults, then fires a number of rounds at a goal.

The New York Occasions reported that they had been capable of hyperlink Texiera to different members of the net group by his gaming profiles.

One of many leaked paperwork, which have been posted on-line – sparking a FBI hunt for the leaker, and a Pentagon investigation

This doc seems to point out the state of Ukraine’s air defenses in February and in Might, when it’s anticipated they’re going to be badly depleted