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Pentagon leaker Teixeira ordered to remain in jail before trial

Jack Douglas Teixeira, a US Air Force National Guard airman, is accused of leaking highly classified military intelligence records online. [File: Margaret Small/Reuters]

A former Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents has been ordered to remain behind bars as he awaits trial in the United States.

Jack Teixeira appeared in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts, where Magistrate Judge David Hennessy weighed prosecutors’ request that the 21-year-old should remain locked up ahead of the closely watched trial.

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