U.S. officials have identified the person suspected of leaking secret defense and intelligence documents that have circulated online for weeks. The suspect is a man named Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Air National Guard.
traced the documents' supposed path from that server, known as "Thug Shaker Central," to a larger Discord community, where they appeared in early March. They then migrated to 4chan, Twitter and Russian Telegram channels just last week, when they first came to the attention of U.S. officials.The Post said the person who first shared the documents was known to fellow members as "OG" and worked on a military base.
The documents also showed the U.S. keeping close tabs on allies. One document detailed conversations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his top military official. Another relayed concerns expressed by South Korea's leaders about sending ammunition to Ukraine. A third said leaders of Israel's intelligence agency advocated for intelligence officials and Israeli citizens to protest against divisive judicial reforms proposed by the government.
"Photos appear to show documents similar in format to those used to provide daily updates to our senior leaders on Ukraine and Russia related operations, as well as other intelligence updates," Chris Meagher, assistant to the defense secretary for public affairs, told reporters Monday.
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