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(WORCESTER, Mass.) — Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira is a flight risk who took calculated steps to thwart the investigation into his alleged leak of classified information, federal prosecutors argued in a new court filing Wednesday, as they prepare to tell a federal judge […]
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The Air Force has suspended two commanding officers suspected of working with Jack Teixeira, a member of the same military unit who is accused of posting a trove of classified government documents online.
Prosecutors also said the 21-year-old had a history of making violent and racial threats.
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 hearing for 21-year-old Jack Teixeira.
The court filings raise questions about why Teixeira had such a high security clearance and access to some of the nation’s most classified secrets.