Steve HermanApr 13, 2023
The leader of online gaming chat group where a trove of classified US intelligence documents leaked is a 21-year-old member of the intelligence wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, reports NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/world/documents-leak-leaker-identity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
F.B.I. Arrests Jack Teixeira, a National Guardsman, in Leaked Documents Case

Authorities say Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, posted sensitive materials in an online chat group.

The New York Times
Show threadjonathanpetersonApr 13, 2023
@w7voa Why does a 21 year old national guard enlisted man need access to high level analysis of Ukrainian war plans and readiness? Seems like a massive failure of intel compartmentalization. smh.
Show threadRyan DeBarrApr 13, 2023
@jonathanpeterson @w7voa he’s in the intel wing. Maybe he’s a sysadmin or the guy who cuts and pastes the data into a report.
Show threadBill BeersApr 13, 2023
@Ryandebarr @jonathanpeterson @w7voa The article makes it clear Teixeira is just the leader of the Discord group, not the person with clearance who obtained and posted the documents.
Show threadRyan DeBarrApr 13, 2023
@beers @jonathanpeterson @w7voa yeah I didn’t read it 🥸 but rank doesn’t have a lot to do with access. If this young man isn’t the one that removed the files he’s still on the hook for sharing them because of his intelligence role.
Show threadBill Beers
@Ryandebarr @jonathanpeterson @w7voa getting warmer and you might be right yet about rank and branch https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/classified-docs-arrest-1234714427/
Arrest Imminent in Leak of Classified Docs, Say Officials

A 21-year-old serviceman was separately identified as running the chat group where the leaks were posted

Rolling Stone
Apr 13, 2023 at 5:53pmTusky