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Sixth-grade Jack Teixeira stands in a sea of kids, his chin tipped up. In the decade-old class photo, surrounded by newly minted middle-schoolers with cheesy grins, he's not quite smiling.
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Jack Teixiera, 21, took on an online persona seemingly at odds with his military career, and he made racist and antisemitic statements while firing a rifle in a video.
Patriotic zeal appeared common around Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira, 21, who had followed in the footsteps of numerous family members to join the military. Investigators now think there’s a more troubling, reckless side to Teixeira — and the fallout is only beginning.
Jack Teixeira is a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who is the leader of a “small online gaming chat group” where U.S. classified documents were leaked, according to the New York Times.
Jack Teixeira, has now been taken into custody over leaked Pentagon documents. It is believed that Jack Teixeria is behind the leak.