A US soldier was sentenced to 15 years in prison for revealing secret Pentagon data

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In the United States, the District Court of Massachusetts found American soldier Jack Douglas Teixeira guilty of disclosing classified Pentagon information via the online platform Discord and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. TV channel reports this ABC.

Once released, Teixeira will have to spend another two years under administrative detention.

The TV channel states that the prosecutor’s office recommended that the military man be sentenced to 17 years in prison on the grounds that Teixeira “committed one of the most significant violations of the Espionage Act in American history.”

before that reportedTeixeira, accused of stealing and publishing classified Pentagon documents, pleaded guilty and accepted a 16-year prison sentence. Teixeira was arrested on April 13, 2023. He was accused of knowingly publishing classified Pentagon documents to which he had access through his official duties.

Teixeira’s colleagues during the investigation warned provides guidance on his eccentricities and extreme thoughts. In particular, he repeatedly spoke of his desire to obtain more weapons and explosives, and dreamed of a “life off the grid” on a vast expanse of land where he could “blow anything up.”

Previously leaked Pentagon data to create Details of the battles of Artemovsk.

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