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Who is 21-year-old Jack Teixeira

By Athik Saleh

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Jack Teixeira arrested

A 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, Jack Douglas Teixeira, has been arrested for leaking highly classified Pentagon documents.

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Cyber specialist

Teixeira served as a cyber transport systems specialist in the National Guard, stationed at Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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Classified information

Teixeira leaked classified intelligence on Ukraine's air defense, NATO special forces, and US espionage tactics, leading to his arrest.

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Discord group

The leaked documents first surfaced on a Discord group named 'Thug Shaker Central.' The investigation into the leak led to airman Teixeira.

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The O.G

Teixeira was called O.G in the Discord group. He told the group the documents were brought home from a "military base." 

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