Air National Guard member indicted for mishandling classified information.

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Air National Guard member indicted for mishandling classified information.
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Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, has been indicted on six counts related to the retention and transmission of classified military documents. The documents, including one classified as "secret" and five with "top secret" or Sensitive Compartmented Information designations, were posted on social media site Discord. Teixeira was arrested in April and ordered to remain behind bars while awaiting trial due to a history of violent rhetoric and unauthorized access to classified information.

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