Leaked US Intelligence Suspect Shared Information Earlier Than Reported

Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman charged with leaking classified Pentagon documents to a private gaming chat room, may have leaked sensitive intelligence about the war in Ukraine less than 48 hours after Russia invaded the country. The New York Times discovered a Discord user profile matching Teixeira's that shared secret intelligence about the war in a larger and more easily accessible chat group. Teixeira was motivated mainly by a desire to impress gamers he befriended online rather than leaking the classified information out of patriotism, according to accounts by friends.