Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira faces US military justice hearing

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Source: Reuters

May 14, 2024 12:26 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago


HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Massachusetts, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Air Force prosecutors on Tuesday began presenting evidence to a military hearing officer who will decide whether to recommend a trial by court-martial for Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard accused of leaking a massive trove of classified military documents.

Teixeira, 22, appeared in uniform at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts for the first hearing to address the military charges, which were filed after he pleaded guilty in March to separate charges by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Teixeira, who was arrested in April 2023, has been accused of carrying out one of the most serious U.S. national security breaches in years. The leaked documents held highly classified information on allies and adversaries, with details ranging from troop movements in Ukraine to Israel's Mossad spy agency.

Air Force prosecutors on Tuesday called no witnesses to support their case against Teixeira and instead relied only on documents to support charges filed against him in April that he obstructed justice and failed to obey a lawful order.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-leaker-jack-teixeira-faces-us-military-justice-hearing-2024-05-14/

[bottomofthehill]

1. good, fuck him

throw the book at him.

[republianmushroom]

2. Lock him up for a very long time.

[Irish_Dem]

3. A disgrace to the USAF uniform he is wearing.

[Qutzupalotl]

4. Teixeira? More like Jack the OVERsharer

amirite??

[Bluejeans]

5. No problem with court-martialing him on failure to follow multiple orders

This jerk was told repeatedly by his supervisors, according to the news stories, to stop accessing classified material. Each and every time he accessed those materials AFTER being ordered not to do so can be charged as a separate military crime.

I have no doubt this clown will be convicted at a court-martial and possibly sent to a military prison.

[TomSlick]

6. I'm not surprised that the prosecution did not call any witnesses.

An Article 32 investigation is not the same as a grand jury. The investigating officer will make their recommendation but the convening authority is not required to follow the recommendation in deciding whether to refer the case to court-martial.

Defense counsel will use an Article 32 investigation as a discovery device. As an Army prosecutor, rarely put witnesses forward at Article 32 investigations that I didn't need to make a bare bones case.

I once had an Article 32 officer complain that I did not call a lot of witnesses and threatened to recommend against a court-martial. I assured him the case would be referred to trial nevertheless - and it was.

[slightlv]

7. And yet..

here we are, waiting for *rump to pay for HIS crimes against National Security. This sure shows he's being treated like everyone else, doesn't it? /snark.