Jack Teixeira was charged with unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information
Jack Teixeira, the US airman suspected of leaking hundreds of classified documents online, appeared for the first time in a Boston court on Friday.
The alleged leaker faced formal charges of unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information.
Teixeira, an enlisted airman first class and member of the 102nd Intelligence Wing based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was arrested at his home by the FBI on Thursday.
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