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Report: Alleged Pentagon Leaker May Have Shared Intel from Start of Russia-Ukraine Conflict
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The Facts
Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of disseminating dozens of classified US military documents, may have begun circulating secret documents much earlier — and to a wider audience — than previously known, according to a report in the New York Times on Friday.
Teixeira had previously been accused of sharing the documents on Discord, a platform popular with gamers, to a group of around 50 members — before others reposted them on other sites — earlier this year. However, the Times report suggests documents were disseminated to a roughly 600-member group just days after the Russia-Ukraine conflict started in February 2022.
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
US national security agencies are doing everything they can to minimize the damage from the Pentagon leaks and prevent such a breach from happening again, including further restricting access to sensitive documents in the future. A leak of this type is unlikely to reoccur.
Establishment-critical narrative
It was time for a review of security policies and procedures long before this incident occurred. The damage has now been done, and the episode only serves to highlight how the government has fallen short of protecting its most sensitive secrets.
