US military leak suspect got offer to bolster intelligence skills


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WORCESTER, Massachusetts May 19 (Reuters) - Superiors of the U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets offered him intelligence-related training even after they admonished him twice for his handling of classified information, according to a memo disclosed this week by U.S. Justice Department attorneys. Before his arrest in April on espionage charges, Jack Douglas Teixeira, 21, was offered a cross-training opportunity as an entry-level "fusion analyst," an Air Force specialty that determines the value and implications of gathered intelligence. The offer, which Teixeira declined, came after his superiors suspected him of ignoring a cease-and-desist order given a month...