The world is talking about the leaking of documents bearing the coat of arms of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, which contain military and intelligence information on important issues, including the Ukraine-Russia war, the activities of the intelligence on Russia, Israel, Canada, South Korea, China and the nuclear program of Iran. It was determined that the person behind the leak of documents containing information on many subjects was military base employee Jack Teixeira. It was stated that 21-year-old Teixeira was detained on charges of “unauthorized extraction, storage and transmission of confidential national defense information”.
“A LONELY, YOUNG AND WEAPON-INTERESTED MAN”
The US Washington Post newspaper claimed that the Pentagon documents, which are on the agenda of the world and cause great concern in the USA, were leaked by a military base employee. Based on the statements of the unnamed member of the group, the news reported that the person who leaked the documents used the “OG” pseudonym in the group, started posting with military jargon last year, and made posts that seemed to have been obtained from confidential US documents in the following months.
The newspaper claimed that the person who leaked the documents was “a lonely young man with a gun lover” and that this person was a member of a gun and military equipment enthusiast chat group on a website known for internet games.
In the news, “The shares appeared to have been obtained from confidential intelligence documents. OG wrote that he brought it home from the military base. OG claimed that he spent some of his days in secure facilities where telephones and other electronic devices were prohibited in order to prevent the leakage of documents and information.” statements were included.
ITS IDENTIFICATION
In the news, which stated that the server of the social networking network, where the documents were leaked, was controlled by OG, it was stated that the website in question was the gathering center of young gamers during the Covid-19 outbreak.
After the newspaper’s allegations, there was a new development in the investigation. It was determined that the person who leaked the documents was a military base employee named Jack Teixeira. Teixeira, 21, was detained for alleged “unauthorized extraction, storage and transmission of confidential national defense information”.
DETENTION
“Today, the Department of Justice has detained Jack Teixeira, an employee of the United States Air Force National Guard, in connection with an investigation into the alleged unauthorized extraction, storage, and transmission of classified national defense information,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a press release. used the phrase.
Stating that the detention, carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and law enforcement officers, ended “without incident”, Garland stated that the case will be heard in Massachusetts District Court.
WHAT DO THE LEAKED DOCUMENTS CONTAIN?
While the documents that emerged on April 7 mainly contain details about the Ukraine-Russia war, the posts that emerged over the weekend also include topics such as the activities of the US intelligence in the war, the US monitoring of Iran and China, and the listening of the talks of some allies.