Minister of Defense NOW, Lloyd Austinordered an internal review at his agency on Thursday after what could be one of the biggest leaks of intelligence documents in a decade.
The alleged person responsible for leaking documents that mostly contained information about the war in UkraineIt is 21 years old who was arrested today in Massachusetts.
Reacting to the arrest, Austin hailed the quick police arrest of the suspect. FBI and said that he is ready to give full support and cooperation with the investigation.
Meanwhile, the person in charge of the defense portfolio announced that he had instructed the deputy secretary for intelligence and security to launch a review of the intelligence “access, accountability and control” procedures at the Ministry to “prevent this type of incident from happening again.” “.
“I will not hesitate to take any additional steps necessary to protect our nation’s secrets,” Lloyd said in a statement.
This Thursday in North Dighton (Massachusetts) the FBI arrested a Jack Teixeirathe alleged author of the leak.
US Attorney General, Merrick wreathexplained today that FBI agents arrested Teixeira this afternoon “without incident” and that he is expected to appear before a federal judge in Massachusetts soon, where the charges, which have not yet been made public, will be read to him, and you will be asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
U.S. authorities have yet to reveal details of how the information was leaked, but the Washington Post spoke to an acquaintance of Teixeira’s who said the defendant released the documents because he wanted to impress other young people he played with on the Discord platform.
According to the Post, Teixeira accessed the documents at the footer National Guard where he worked, he took them home and hung them strife, popular among video game fans.
Subsequently, these documents were distributed through other social networks, such as Telegramand ended up on the front pages of the world’s biggest newspapers in recent days.
Most of the leaked documents are related to the war in Ukraine and provide details about US plans and ON THAT strengthen the Ukrainian offensive.
In addition, information suggests that Washington may have been spying on some of his closest allies, such as himself. Ukraine, South Korea and Israel.
Source: Panama America
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