Jack Teixeira charged over Pentagon leaks

The US airman Jack Teixeira has appeared in a Boston court to face charges for allegedly leaking confidential US defence and intelligence documents. We discuss what is known about him, how he was identified and what we have learnt from the leak files.

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Presenter: Krupa Padhy.

(Photo: The entrance to Joint Base Cape Cod, where the suspect in a US intelligence leak, Jack Douglas Teixeira, served as an Air National Guardsman, in Pocasset, Massachusetts, USA, 13 April 2023. Credit: CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)