Jack Teixeira, 22, talked of 'culling the weak minded' – hmm!
A former Air National Guard member who stole classified American military secrets, and showed them to his gaming buddies on Discord, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
After settling into his role, he began to look at material above his intelligence classification grade and then shared it via the chat app. The material included US and NATO plans for supporting Ukraine, information on UK and US personnel helping out the Ukrainians, and details of a Chinese drone program.
When not at work, Teixeira was a keen gamer and ran his own Discord server with around 25 members. It was apparently not a terribly fun place to be – the group regularly discussed mass murders, talked about conducting assassinations, and"culling the weak minded," the courts were told. Eventually Teixeira began posting snippets of classified government information as a way of bragging.
When one of the Discord group also brought up his military oath, Teixeira was dismissive, writing:"Not an oath, an NDA … The oath is just the defense of America against all threats and the following of orders," according to testimony from FBI special agent Luke Church.
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