21-year-old Jack Teixeira owns several guns and talked about “violence and murder” in private chats before the Pentagon leak, according to new court documents. At the same time, the US defense is worried that more classified documents are at risk of being leaked. “The damage that the suspect is still capable of causing is extraordinary,” according to the prosecutor. On Thursday, 21-year-old Jack Teixeira will be questioned in court after the big Pentagon leak where several top-secret documents about the US, NATO and Russia were spread on social media. Teixeira, who was a member of the Air National Guard and worked in the intelligence unit, was arrested in Massachusetts on April 13 by armed personnel and has been facing charges under the Espionage Act for some time. He is suspected of unauthorized storage and dissemination of classified information. Talked about “violence and murder” Ahead of Thursday’s hearing, the prosecutor has submitted new documents to the court in which new details about the leak have been published. The documents show that the 21-year-old owns several weapons and that he talked about “violence and murder” in private chats with friends before the leak, according to the AP news agency. Among other things, he is said to have mentioned an “assassination car”. During his time in the defense, the 21-year-old suspect used his work computer to, among other things, read about previous mass shootings in the United States. The prosecutor has also produced information about Jack Teixeira’s time in elementary school, when, among other things, he was suspended for a time after talking about Molotov cocktail bombs. According to the court documents, the prosecutor wants Jack Teixeira to remain in custody, among other reasons, because of the risk of him trying to flee the country. Risk of more leaks The investigation against him continues, and the investigators and the Pentagon do not rule out that there are several classified documents in Jack Teixeira’s possession that have not yet been leaked. The material could be of “great value to hostile states that could offer him a safe place and try to facilitate his escape from the United States,” according to the prosecutor. “The damage the suspect has caused to US national security is enormous. The damage the suspect is still capable of causing is extraordinary,” the documents state. Jack Teixeira’s lawyers claim he has no more classified documents. Late on Wednesday, word came that the air force had decided to suspend the commander who was Teixeira’s boss. At the same time, a decision was made that all managers are denied access to classified information.
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