Court filings raise questions about why the Massachusetts 21-year-old had such a high security clearance and access to some of the nation’s most classified secrets.
WORCESTER, Mass. — The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents kept an arsenal of weapons, talked of “violence and murder” on a social media platform and an “assassination van,” prosecutors wrote ahead of Thursday’s hearingThe court filings raise new questions about why Teixeira had such a high security clearance and access to some of the nation’s most classified secrets.
Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appears in U.S. District Court in Boston, Friday, April 14, 2023. He remains a grave threat to national security and a flight risk, prosecutors wrote, and investigators are still trying to determine whether he kept any physical or digital copies of classified information, including files that haven’t already surfaced publicly.
Teixeira has been in jail since his arrest earlier this month on charges stemming from the highest-profile intelligence leak in years. Prosecutors said Teixeira’s attorneys have indicated they will urge the judge to release him to his father’s home. As of late Wednesday, Teixeira’s attorneys hadn’t filed court papers arguing for his release.
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