Suspect in Pentagon’s leaked documents case

Kate Verity

Contributing Writer

On Friday, April 14, the U.S. Department of Justice filed criminal charges against 21-yearold Jack Teixeira. Teixeira is a member of the Massachusetts National Guard, and he has been accused of posting over 50 classified documents to the social media site Discord. These documents included loads of sensitive information relating to covert U.S. operations to gather intelligence on both adversaries and allies, as well as federal assessments of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Specifically, some of the documents held assessments of Russia’s war efforts and proved that the U.S. has conducted surveillance on allies South Korea and Israel. Additionally, these files showed that a Russian jet fired a missile at British aircraft last September and that Ukraine might be closer to falling to Russia than it is letting on.

Teixeira was a computer services technician with top-secret security clearance. So far, it has been asserted that he began to post this sensitive information in December 2022 and began to upload images of the actual documents in January 2023.

Many GC students have strong opinions on the matter.

“We need to make sure that this person is held accountable for their actions, and we set a clear precedent that if you do these types of things and sabotage your country, then you are going to pay the price,” said Colin Hall, a senior political science major.