A person was detained in the USA with confidential documents leaked to the Internet. 21-year-old Jack Teixeira, who allegedly leaked documents belonging to the US Department of Defense “containing sensitive and highly classified materials” on many current issues, including the Ukraine-Russia War, was detained in Massachusetts in an operation organized by the FBI. He stated that he was in charge of the intelligence wing of the Air National Guard.
CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT LEAK
US officials stated that the leaked documents were first shared on social media platforms Discord and Telegram in February and March, but were only recently noticed, and stated that potential criminals within the Ministry of Defense were under the spotlight as part of the investigation into the leak. Noting that the documents appeared to have been seized and leaked by someone who had access to the US intelligence system, officials stated that there were signs that some contents were not shared even with the closest US intelligence partners.
Among the documents leaked to the internet on April 7, Russia-based mercenary company Wagner’s operations in Africa, especially the Russia-Ukraine War, Israel’s ways of providing weapons aid to Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s ties with Russia It was seen that there were secret documents about him.
On the other hand, the authorities warned that although the leaked documents about the war in Ukraine appeared to be real, some of them had been altered. Although one of the leaked documents showed that between 16,000 and 17,500 Russian soldiers were killed, it was publicly announced that Russia had lost more than 200,000 casualties, according to US defense officials. (UAV)