Discord users say Jack Teixeira only leaked documents to show off. That's a problem for the US military, which uses the app as a conduit for recruitment.

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A man plays a round of "Call of Duty 4" in the computer area of the U.S. Army Experience center at the Franklin Mills mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 7, 2009.

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Watch FBI agents arrest the 21-year-old accused of leaking government documents

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  • Jack Teixeira was arrested Thursday in connection with the top-secret leak of military documents.
  • He is a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
  • There are two charges against Teixeira, both related to the classified materials.

Jack Teixeira, the alleged top secret documents leaker, searched his government computer for 'leak' to see if investigators were onto him: prosecutors

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The Pentagon leak is being traced to a man on Discord who sent around two dozen young gamers hundreds of secrets over months.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene defends suspected Pentagon leaker, saying he is 'white, male, Christian, and anti-war'

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) at a campaign rally in Sioux City, Iowa, on November 3, 2022.

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A Steam profile, Instagram, and a kitchen table helped identify the 21-year-old accused of posting classified US intel online

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Members of law enforcement assemble on a road, Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Massachusetts..
Members of law enforcement assemble on a road, Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Massachusetts.

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Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira was reading a book on a porch when the feds showed up to arrest him

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Jack Teixeira was arrested by federal agents in connect with the recent leak of secret Pentagon documents.

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Jack Teixeira, 21, arrested in connection with Pentagon document leaks: Attorney General Merrick Garland

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Police block a road in Dighton, Massachusetts, where federal agents reportedly arrested the suspected Pentagon leaker.

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A 21-year-old Air National Guardsman in the intel wing led the online gaming chat group where hundreds of top secret documents leaked: report

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The man who may have leaked top-secret Pentagon documents was a fit and armed military guy who controlled a group of young gamers united by their worship of guns and God: WaPo

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The Pentagon leak is being traced to a man on Discord who sent around two dozen young gamers hundreds of secrets over months.

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The worst Pentagon leak in years may have started in a gamer chatroom, where people weirdly keep posting classified documents trying to win arguments on the internet

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attend a virtual meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon on March 15, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attend a virtual meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon on March 15, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia.

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