Convicted Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira faces court-martial while already serving 15-year sentence

Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard subordinate who pleaded blameworthy past twelvemonth to leaking highly classified subject documents astir the warfare successful Ukraine online, is scheduled to statesman his court-martial connected further charges Monday.

Teixeira pleaded blameworthy past March to six counts of willful retention and transmission of nationalist defence accusation nether the Espionage Act, pursuing his apprehension successful the astir consequential nationalist information breach successful years. In November, helium was sentenced to 15 years successful situation successful what then-Attorney General Merrick Garland said was a punishment that "demonstrates the seriousness of the work to support our country’s secrets and the information of the American people."

In his court-martial, Teixeira faces charges of disobeying orders and obstructing justice. At a proceeding past year, subject prosecutors said a court-martial is due fixed that obeying orders is the "absolute core" of the military. Teixeira’s lawyers argued that further enactment would magnitude to prosecuting him doubly for the aforesaid offense.

PENTAGON LEAKER JACK TEIXEIRA RECEIVES 15 YEARS FOR SECRETS LEAK

This photograph illustration created connected April 13, 2023, shows nationalist guardsman Jack Teixeira reflected successful an representation of the Pentagon. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

The court-martial is convening astatine Hanscom Air Force Base successful Massachusetts.

The leaks exposed to the satellite unvarnished concealed assessments of the Russia-Ukraine war, including accusation astir unit movements successful Ukraine, and the proviso of supplies and instrumentality to Ukrainian troops. Teixeira besides admitted posting accusation astir a U.S. adversary’s plans to harm U.S. forces serving overseas.

The 22-year-old antecedently admitted helium illegally collected immoderate of the nation’s astir delicate secrets and shared them with different users connected the societal media level Discord.

"I wanted to accidental I’m atrocious for each the harm that I brought and caused," Teixeira said earlier his sentencing successful U.S. District Court successful Boston successful November. "I recognize each the work and consequences autumn upon my shoulders unsocial and judge immoderate that volition bring."

Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appears successful U.S. District Court successful Boston, April 14, 2023. (Margaret Small via AP)

JACK TEIXEIRA PLEADS GUILTY TO LEAKING PENTAGON CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS

Afterward, Teixeira hugged 1 of his attorneys, looked toward his household and smiled earlier being led from court. His household near without commenting to reporters, but his parent and others submitted letters to the tribunal seeking leniency.

″I cognize Jack profoundly regrets his actions and is acceptable to judge his punishment for his portion successful this situation," his mother, Dawn Dufault, wrote. "While I recognize the severity of his charges and the value of ensuring justice, I implore you, Your Honor, to see Jack’s existent quality and his unsocial challenges, arsenic I person observed implicit the years."

The information breach raised alarm implicit the country’s quality to support its astir intimately guarded secrets and forced the Biden medication to scramble to effort to incorporate the diplomatic and subject fallout. The leaks besides embarrassed the Pentagon, which tightened controls to safeguard classified accusation and disciplined members recovered to person intentionally failed to instrumentality required enactment astir Teixeira’s suspicious behavior.

Former FBI Director Chris Wray said successful November that "Teixeira’s transgression behaviour placed our nation, our troops, and our allies astatine large risk."

Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy addresses the media aft the sentencing of Massachusetts Air National Guard subordinate Jack Teixeira. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

"The FBI volition proceed to enactment diligently with our partners to support classified accusation and guarantee that those who crook their backs connected their state look justice," Wray said. 

Teixeira, of North Dighton, Massachusetts, was portion of the 102nd Intelligence Wing astatine Otis Air National Guard Base successful Massachusetts. He worked arsenic a cyber transport systems specialist, which is fundamentally an accusation exertion specializer liable for subject communications networks. He remains successful the Air National Guard successful an unpaid status, an Air Force authoritative told the Associated Press. 

Authorities said helium archetypal typed retired classified documents helium accessed and past began sharing photographs of files that bore SECRET and TOP SECRET markings.

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Prosecutors besides said Teixeira tried to screen his tracks earlier his April 2022 arrest. Authorities recovered a smashed tablet, laptop and an Xbox gaming console successful a dumpster astatine his house.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.