A gun enthusiast, religiontendency racist talk and together distrust of government WE. this would be profile of the alleged perpetrator Compromiser leaking hundreds of classified Pentagon documents, according to several North American media outlets who stated that he would be arrested after his identity was determined. HE 21 year old man year named Jack Teixeira who graduated Massachusetts Air National Guard and recently worked at the military base castle bragging (North Carolina), as confirmed by ‘The Wall Street Journal’ by researchers. From there would come the embarrassing leak of US intelligence secrets that served to infiltrate the United States from Ukraine’s so-called military strategy for this spring. american espionage to some of its closest partners, such as Israel, South Korea or your own Ukraine. A diplomatic earthquake with many consequences.
Teixeira controlled access to a special group on the social network for “players” Discord, where he also acted as “father family” for his family. twenty membersalmost all men and most of them are smalla forum where they share their love for guns, video game And racist cut nipples, according to various media. He was also in that confined space, baptized as follows: Central Bandit Shaker, This is where the alleged author of the leak began sharing valuable confidential information a few months ago, supposedly to keep them informed of important events in the world. with detailed tables military conditions on the battlefield To satellite photos of the results of the Ukrainians russian bombing or notes with information about their plans Russian Ministry of Defense.
Neither Snowden nor Manning
“He is a smart person. There is no doubt that he knew what he was doing when he published these documents. accidental leak“, one of the forum members, a minor, told ‘The Washington Post. In any case, this looks like a different leak from those that have unraveled the mysteries of first world power over the past decade. chelsea manningfocused on diplomacy and the Army; of these Edward Snowdenin intelligence services. On the one hand, its range seems less. There are some things being talked about right now 300 classified documents Compared to the roughly 10,000 Snowden posted. On the other hand, Teixeira’s ‘informant’ He is determined to risk the kind of exposing the excesses of the security apparatus to protect democracy.
“This is a christian boyonly wanting against war tell your friends “We love war games,” one of the members of the Discord forum where he originally shared the information told the Times. itself omg in the privacy of the group instructed them not to receive information from there.
Foreign members in the internet group
But he would do it without the slightest precaution. Near half of the forum members were foreigners, according to ‘Post’ sources. And there was at least one among them. Russian and one Ukraineone who opens the door possible penetration of foreign espionageHe also made the ‘player’ groups frequented by the US army and officials one of his areas of interest.
This US authorities They have yet to confirm the author of the leak, which, according to the Pentagon, poses “a very serious risk to the national security” of the United States. What is known is that the FBI has now confirmed its intent to interrogate the Massachusetts National Guard, which all eyes are on.
Transcripts and photos
Also the way you share documents looks pretty good. amateur. originally dedicated handwrite them, with your own annotations to help your forum members understand everything from acronyms to military jargon. But at some point he got tired and went straight to the hang of it. photos of documents Crafted by intelligence, most of them pre-folded and crumpled. He did this so carelessly that some pictures were taken above a bed and others show personal items in the margins, such as a bottle of glue or a guide for telescopic sights.
and so on February 28 This year, according to the ‘Post’, the first documents came out from the private Discord group moderated by Teixeira. The newspaper confirmed that it was one of the young people on the forum who shared them in another chat on the platform before they started popping up in early April. Russian Telegram chats and talk groups 4 channels.