U.S. prosecutors are requesting a nearly 17-year prison sentence for Jack Douglas Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking classified military documents.
They describe his actions as “one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history.”
Teixeira, 22, was arrested in April 2023 after authorities discovered he had posted classified national defense information on the social media platform Discord.
Teixeira pled guilty in March to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act.
The leak exposed secret assessments of Russia’s war in Ukraine, including information about troop movements in Ukraine, and the provision of supplies and equipment to Ukrainian troops….