Why Did Jack Do it? How did He Have Access to Top Secret Documents?
Information I have independently obtained Jack the Leaker was lonesome and looking for companionship.
That is why he frequented the online gamers' site. Once he told another guy what he did professionally and where that was it, even before he supplied any documents. Once someone interested in Top secret documents to make money or even for political reasons knowing who this young guy was they then had the combination for the computer with access to secret information. If he said "Hey I can't do that"
"Mr jack how about we send an email to your C.O. and tell him what you have been saying online. I am not saying that's how it happened but it was how it started. I have a feeling this young lonesome dude wanted to brag about what he did and the snakes on his barrel ate him up. By the way he would probably if found guilty would get 10 yrs per count and there are hundreds of counts, hundreds of years.
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How would he allegedly have access to such sensitive information?
Teixeira’s security clearance level isn’t clear, but he did have access to an internal Defense Department computer network for top secret information called the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS), a U.S. official familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity as the investigation proceeds told The Post.
Access to JWICS would have given Teixeira the ability to read and potentially print records classified at the same level as many of the leaked documents, per the official.
Teixeira told members of his online group that he worked as a technology support staffer at a base on Cape Cod, and that this was how he was able to access classified documents, one member of the Discord server told The Post.
National Guard units perform some support services for active-duty units, including intelligence support for the Joint Staff, one U.S. official told The Post.
An undated image of Jack Teixeira was posted by a family member on social media. Officials say Teixeira, a National Guard technology support staffer, is suspected of mishandling U.S. military security secrets. (Obtained by The Washington Post)
Who can access classified information?
Thousands of military personnel and government employees, working entry-to-low-level positions, could plausibly have access to classified documents like the ones he allegedly shared, according to U.S. officials and experts who have seen the documents reported in the media.
The military regularly entrust young people with classified information and elevated responsibilities, Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder said Thursday. “Think about a young combat platoon sergeant, and the responsibility and trust that we put into those individuals to lead troops into combat,” he said. “It’s called military discipline.”
The Discord Leaks
In exclusive interviews with a member of the Discord group where U.S. intelligence documents were shared, The Washington Post learned details of the alleged leaker, “OG.” The Post also obtained a number of previously unreported documents from a trove of images of classified files posted on a private server on the chat app Discord. Follow our live coverage.
How the leak happened: The Washington Post reported that the individual who leaked the information shared documents with a small circle of online friends on the Discord chat platform.
The alleged document leaker: Jack Teixeira, a young member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested Thursday in the investigation into leaks of hundreds of pages of classified military intelligence. Teixeira told members of the online group that he worked as a technology support staffer at a base on Cape Cod and that this was how he was able to access classified documents, one member of the Discord server told The Post. Here’s what we learned about the alleged document leaker.
What we learned from the leaked documents: The massive document leak has exposed a range of U.S. government secrets, including spying on allies and the grim prospects for Ukraine’s war with Russia. It also has ignited diplomatic fires for the White House. Here’s what we’ve learned from the documents.
By Ben Brasch
Washington Post
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