Airman accused of classified document leak had history of racism and violence, prosecutors allege.

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Airman accused of classified document leak had history of racism and violence, prosecutors allege.
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Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira allegedly accessed "hundreds" of highly classified U.S. intelligence documents more than a year before he was arrested for allegedly leaking them. Prosecutors argued that Teixeira poses a serious flight risk and must remain detained, citing his possession of a "virtual arsenal of weapons" and his access to classified information that could be of value to hostile nation-states. Teixeira is scheduled to appear in a federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Thursday for a detention hearing.

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