- Federal law enforcement officials have identified the person suspected of leaking secret defense and intelligence documentsthat have circulated online for weeks, three U.S. officials tell CBS News.
- The officials confirmed the suspect is a man named Jack Teixeira. The New York Times, which first revealed his name Thursday, reported that he is a 21-year-old member of the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
- The report in The New York Times came hours after a story in The Washington Post detailed a small online community on the platform Discord where the documents appeared to have first been shared by the group’s leader. Earlier reporting by Bellingcat traced the documents’ supposed path from that server, known as Thug Shakers Central, to a larger Discord community.
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U.S. Identifies Alleged Leaker As A National Guardsman
Jack Teixeira, the suspect who allegedly leaked sensitive intelligence documents, is a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 26: U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens before the start of a meeting with leaders from the Department of Defense in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Biden spoke on a range of topics including his new appointments to the heads U.S. Military branches and his hope that the military reflects the population of the United States. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
