Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira was reading a book on his balcony when the feds came to arrest him.

• It was 21-year-old Jack Teixeira. caught up In connection with the recent release of classified military documents.

• Teixeira is a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing.

• He was reading a book on the porch when federal agents came to arrest him.

North Dayton, MA – Who was a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman? He was arrested on Thursday In connection with Recent leaks According to reports from Boston-based news station WCVB-TV, dozens of Pentagon documents were sitting on a balcony reading books as federal agents gathered to arrest him.

Jack Teixeira, 21, was arrested “in connection with an investigation into the unauthorized removal, retention and transfer of classified national defense information,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said. he said. on Thursday.

Teixeira, whose identity was first reported The New York Times On Thursday, Thug is believed to be the leader of a private group on a gamer messaging platform called Shaker Central. according to From the Washington Post report. The Post found that a man referred to as “OG” by other team members — possibly Teixeira — began sharing classified documents on Tug Shaker Central in late 2022. The post described OG as a gun enthusiast.

In his last message to his online friends, OG asked him to “remove and delete any information that may be associated with him,” the Post reported.

A member of the group who told the Post that he had met with OG in recent days said that OG “seemed very confused and at a loss as to what to do” and was “fully aware of what was going on and what the consequences could be.” “Being,” the member said, “is very worried about it.”

When federal agents finally arrived to arrest Teixeira, he seemed to be sitting quietly with a book. The arrest “was without incident,” Garland said.

As the media swarmed the Massachusetts neighborhood where Teixeira was arrested on Thursday, local children gathered excitedly. Law enforcement blocked off the road leading to the arrest.

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Tyler Ellinwood, a 24-year-old North Dayton resident who went to high school with Teixeira, told Insider that Teixeira basically “just hung out with the kids who were so gung-ho about going into the military after high school.”

“I think it’s wild,” he said of Teixeira’s arrest, describing his former schoolmate as “really one of these kids” who played video games in connection with the broadcast.

Hayden Ellinwood, 20, who went to the same high school as Tyler’s brother, told Insider that he remembers that Teixeira had a small group of friends.

Teixeira worked in the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing.

In a press release on Thursday, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder would not confirm the identity of the suspected laser. But when asked for more information about Teixeira’s class mission, Ryder said: “Overall, the intelligence wings in the Air Force support what you might expect – Air Force intelligence needs include active guard and reserve components to support various intelligence missions and requirements around the world.”

Secret military documents leaked on various social media have revealed that the US is spying on allies and opponents. The documents, many of which have been classified as top secret, mainly relate to the war in Ukraine, and some have raised concerns that their disclosure could embarrass Ukrainian forces. Former CIA and military officials say the information is embarrassing for the United States, revealing how the government keeps secrets and putting Washington in an awkward position with key allies.

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