The Changing Face of Pentagon Leaks: Shift in Leakers and Defenders.
TL;DR
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right Republican lawmaker, defended Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman arrested by the FBI for allegedly leaking national security documents. Greene praised Teixeira for being "white, male, Christian, and antiwar," and claimed that he told the truth about troops being on the ground in Ukraine. Teixeira is being investigated for the alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information. The leaked documents, known as the "Pentagon Papers," contain details on deeply sensitive matters pertaining to national security and foreign affairs.
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- Marjorie Taylor Greene defends alleged Pentagon leaker as ‘white, male, Christian’ The Independent
- In High School, Airman Charged With Leak Was Focused on the Military The New York Times
- Why Jack Teixeira had top secret security clearance, document access The Washington Post
- This disturbing thing about Pentagon leaks should scare the hell out of us Fox News
- From Snowden to Teixeira, a shift in who leaks U.S. intelligence and why The Washington Post
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