The Pentagon leak suspect would have started revealing the information more than a year ago

Jacques Teixeira, a member of the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard (USA) who has been accused of leaking classified Pentagon documents in a Discord chat group, reportedly began disclosing said information in February 2022. Towards a much larger virtual community. .

So far, it was known that the stream began in October 2022 under the 50-member discord group “Thug Shaker Central”.

According to online posts reviewed by The New York Times, a user, purportedly to be Teixeira, began publishing US intelligence materials on the conflict in Ukraine shortly after the start of the Russian special military operation. It would have been done in a Discord group that had about 600 participants.

Information on deaths on the Russian and Ukrainian sides, the activities of the Russian intelligence services, as well as assistance provided to the Kiev authorities, was reportedly shared. The user claimed that the source of his data was the National Security Agency, the CIA and other US intelligence agencies.

According to the newspaper, it is not yet clear whether the US authorities are aware of these publications.

Teixeira, 21, who specializes in cyber transportation systems, was arrested last week at his mother’s home. He is suspected of carrying out the “alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transfer of classified national defense information,” according to the country’s attorney general, Merrick Garland.

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