The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 21st (local time) that the leakage of classified US documents began right after Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year.
The newspaper reported secret information about the war shortly after the invasion of Ukraine to a chat group with about 600 users of the game chat platform ‘Discord’ matching the identity of Jack Teixeira (21), a member of the Massachusetts National Guard Air Force accused of leaking classified documents. It is said that it started uploading .
This was less than 48 hours after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 last year. This is a few months earlier than previously known. The chat group size is also much larger than is known.
A user believed to be Teixeira told a chat group at the time that he had “seen reports from the Pentagon (US Department of Defense) that a third of its troops were being used in the invasion.”
He wanted to impress others in the chat group who were suspicious of confidential information. “We have more than open information. He wrote, “The privilege of being attached to the U.S. Air Force Intelligence Unit.”
It was also discovered by the NSA. There are some big news,” he wrote on March 27 of last year, saying, “(Russian forces) forces west of Kiiu (Ukraine) may withdraw according to plan.”
In fact, two days after this information was posted, Russian officials announced they were withdrawing from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
He sometimes appeared to be posting from the military base where he was stationed. He also wrote that he was about to enter the Special Secret Information Facility (SCIF), which only those with security clearance can enter.
In addition, to those living outside the United States, “Send a direct message (DM). I can tell you what I know.”
In September of last year, he mentioned the Information and Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a British intelligence agency, and said that he “mainly works with GCHQ” when looking at information related to foreign countries.
His confidential leaks continued until last month. Then, on March 19, he revealed, “I’ve been very happy to find out about this event over the past year and share it with you,” adding, “I’ve decided to stop updating.”
Since then, the media has started to report on his secret leak, and Teixeira was arrested as a suspect by the FBI on the 13th.
Source: Donga
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