Leaker who spread U.S. intel docs is member of national guard: media
STORY: Leaker who spread U.S. intel docs is member of national guard: media
DATELINE: April 14, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:05
LOCATION: Washington, D.C.
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland holding press conference
2. various of street views of Washington, D.C.
STORYLINE:
The man who leaked a trove of U.S. intelligence documents, some marked as top secrete, to the public is a young airman enlisted in the Massachusetts Air National Guard (MANG), The New York Times reported Thursday.
Identifying the U.S. service member as 21-year-old Jack Teixeira who works in the MANG's intelligence wing, the Times said it based the finding on interviews and documents it reviewed.
The report said Teixeira is the leader of a private online chat group with members numbering 20 to 30, who were drawn together by their shared love for guns, racist online memes and video games.
Though members of the chat group interviewed by the Times didn't identify the leader by name -- only referring to him as "OG"
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