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‘Pentagon leaker’ Jack Teixeira indicted on six federal charges

A courtroom sketch shows Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, seated second from right, at a hearing in Boston, Massachusetts, shortly after his arrest [File: Margaret Small/AP Photo]

A member of the United States Air National Guard accused of leaking classified military documents onto the social media platform Discord has been indicted on six federal charges.

Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old stationed in Massachusetts, faces six counts of retaining and transmitting sensitive national defence information, each of which carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 apiece.

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