Even a bird cannot kill in the Pentagon, then how did a 21-year-old boy make a dent? shaken superpower
Jack Teixeira, 21, is being touted as America’s next Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning. A few days ago when some important documents of the US Defense Department Pentagon were leaked, there was a stir. If Jack’s friends are to be believed, he shared some information on an online chat group on the pretext of ‘educating’ the members. But this was information that was extremely sensitive. Everything Jack has done has put the security of his country at risk. Know about this IT engineer who has forced every White House official to President Joe Biden to wake up.
Jack in custody
The documents that Jack shared on a group that started being shared on Twitter and Telegram. In addition to the Russia-Ukraine war, these documents contained information about American allies who spy on enemies for him. The statement issued by the FBI said, ‘Today the FBI arrested Jack Douglas Teixeira, 21, of North Dayton Massachusetts. He has been detained on charges of leaking classified documents of the US government and military. Jack Teixeira was stationed at Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape God as an Airman in the Air National Guard of Massachusetts.
Military Communication Responsibility
He is being described as a cyber transport system specialist and this profile is exactly that of an IT specialist. He was responsible for the maintenance of the cabling besides the maintenance of the military communication networks. Teixeira himself comes from a military background. According to the Cape God Times, his stepfather retired from the same military base where Jack was stationed after 34 years of service. His step brother is also posted here. His mother runs a flower business in Dighton. In June 2021, his mother wrote in a Facebook post, “Today Jack finished tech school and is ready to begin his career with the Air National Guard.”
Patriot Jack made a group
A friend of Teixeira described him as an intelligent and patriotic young man. According to his friend, Jack is a Catholic man who loves guns. The Post quoted Jack’s friend as saying, ‘He is a smart person. He knew exactly what he was doing while sharing these documents. This is not an accidental leak. He is fit, strong, has weapons and has been trained. According to local media reports, Teixeira’s screen name was Ozzie. He was an active member of a private Discord server. Private Discord Server means that online platform which is very popular among gamers.
Non-Americans in the group too
He named the group Thug Shaker Central. There were only 24 people in this group who were included after the invitation. It was in the form of a community group whose members were mostly teenagers. These members were very interested in guns, military gear and God. This group was formed when the phase of lockdown and isolation was going on due to Kovid-19. It is being told that Teixeira shared these classified documents in the group. The group also had such members who were not American citizens or did not live in America.
Jack panics for fear of arrest
These documents were shared several months ago. These contained many sensitive information and later photographs of these documents started being shared. These photos were later shared in some other groups. In no time, these documents started being shared on Twitter in the form of photographs. There is no information about how many documents were shared, but it is believed that their number could be more than 300. An online friend of Teixeira told The New York Times that he was scared when he spoke to Jack recently. He told this friend of his, ‘I did not want all this to happen like this. I have prayed to God that nothing should happen. Only God knows what will happen next.
