The Pentagon whistleblower was sentenced to 15 years in prison

Former Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was seenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday by US District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston after pleading guilty in March to publishing top-secret Peagon military information online. was convicted

According to Reuters News agency, Teixeira said to Talwani in prison uniform: “I am sorry for the harm I have caused and I apologize.”

The judge in the case said that despite being given the necessary training and warnings about disclosing classified documes, Teixeira leaked hundreds of documes online over a one-year period.

Jack Teixeira’s lawyers asked Judge Talwani to impose only an 11-year term on him because the 22-year-old is “isolated” and has “autism”.

They also said: “Teixeira’s ieion was not to harm the United States, but he simply iended to provide information to his virtual friends about the war in Ukraine.” He foolishly thought he could trust his friend.”

According to the published court documes, “Jack Teixeira”, a former member of the US National Guard, has confessed to 6 cous of leaking top-secret Peagon military ielligence documes.

This former member of the American National Guard initially did not accept the charges, but later it was announced that he changed his mind and plans to confess to his crimes. This young man had published American military secrets in a private group on Discord messenger; The group that he personally was the manager of.

Last year, in a span of less than a moh, 2 sets of US military documes were leaked on the Iernet and made the Peagon scrambling to remove these documes from the Iernet.

U.S. prosecutors will ask a judge on Tuesday to seence Peagon whistleblower Jack Teixeira to nearly 17 years in prison, but after multiple appeals, the seence was changed to 15 years.

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