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"Pentagon Leaker Jack Teixeira Admits Guilt, Accepts 16-Year Prison Sentence"

Jack Teixeira, a former Massachusetts Air National guardsman, accepted a 16-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to leaking top-secret Pentagon documents on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The 22-year-old, who had top-secret security clearance, posted the classified documents on a gaming app and faced charges that could have led to 60 years in prison. As part of the plea deal, he also agreed to pay a $50,000 fine and undergo three years of supervised release. Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that the leaked information could have caused grave damage to national security.

via New York Post |

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"Pentagon Leaker Jack Teixeira Admits Guilt, Accepts 16-Year Prison Sentence"

Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, is set to plead guilty to leaking classified military documents on a social media platform, constituting one of the most serious U.S. national security breaches in years. The 22-year-old, who held a top secret security clearance, accessed and shared highly classified information related to topics including Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Israel's Mossad spy agency, and more. The leaked documents led to the discipline of 15 personnel and the removal of a unit commander in the U.S. Air Force.

via Reuters|

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crime-and-justice1 year ago•2 min saved

"Ex-US Ambassador to Plead Guilty to Decades-Long Cuban Spying"

Former U.S. ambassador Manuel Rocha, accused of being a Cuban agent, signaled his intention to plead guilty to charges of acting as a foreign agent and defrauding the United States, bringing a swift end to the case. The 73-year-old faces a maximum sentence of five to 10 years in prison for each count of conspiring to act as a foreign agent. Rocha, a career diplomat and former ambassador to Bolivia, had allegedly aided the Cuban government since at least 1981, with the indictment describing his actions as one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the U.S. government by a foreign agent.

via The New York Times|

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