Pentagon Secrets Leaker Jack Teixeira is guilty of hindering justice

Bedford, mass. (AP) -Jack Teixeira, the member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, which caused an international turmoil when he left high-class documents on the war in Ukraine, said guilty for military charges for disability of the judiciary in his court on Thursday.

The plea agreement requires dishonest dismissal and no prison sentence. The judge approved the objection agreement, but had not yet addressed his conviction, which was later expected on Thursday afternoon.

Teixeira was sentenced to 15 years in prison last year, after he had guilty before the Federal Supreme Court, after his arrest, as a result of the consequence of the national security breach over the years in the years in the years in a federal court in six cases of intentional storage and transfer of national defense information.

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Before the Court of Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts, military prosecutors said that indictment for non -procurement of orders and disabilities of the judiciary were appropriate, since the compliance with orders is the “absolute core” of the military.

The lawyer of Teixeira, Lieutenant Colonel Bradley Porsky, argued on Monday that the disability suspicion should either be fired or unpunished and that it was twice at risk because it should already be taken into account in Teixeira's conviction in November.

A plea agreement was accepted by both sides that drop the indictment due to non -obedient orders. Teixeira guilty to the disability fee and admitted that he used a hammer to destroy a cell phone, a computer hard drive and an iPad after seeing some messages about the leaked documents. He also admitted to telling his friend that he should destroy messages that were exchanged in a communication app.

“I was afraid of a potential investigation by law enforcement agencies towards me and my friends,” he said in court on Thursday.

When the conviction phase began, the parents of Teixeira said that he was interested in the military early as a child. His father, also called Jack Teixeira, described him as “a good child, energetic, intelligent and quirky”.

When his son decided to join the military, “I was excited about it,” said the older Teixeira. “It was a good option for Jack.” He said there was instructions and the chance to see the world.

“He made a mistake,” said his mother Dawn Dufault. “Everyone makes mistakes. He is my son, I love him. He deserves a second chance. “

The leaks that are exposed to the world's unvarnished secret ratings of the Russia war in Ukraine, including information about troop movements in Ukraine and the provision of care and equipment for Ukrainian troops. The leaked documents also revealed reviews of the defense skills of Taiwan and internal arguments in Great Britain, Egypt, Israel, South Korea and Japan. Teixeira also admitted to releasing information about the plans of a US opponent, the US armed forces in overseas.

Teixeira worked as a specialist in information technology for military communication networks. Teixeira described his lawyers as an autistic, isolated person who spent most of the time online, especially with his Discord community, and never wanted to harm the United States.