Jack Teixeira to plead guilty in massive leak of Pentagon secrets

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Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard charged with leaking classified military documents on a social media platform, is set to plead guilty on Monday to carrying out one of the most serious U.S. national security breaches in years. Teixeira, who has remained in custody since his arrest last April at his mother’s house in North Dighton, Massachusetts, is slated to appear before U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston to enter a guilty plea. The 22-year-old was indicted on six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information relating to national defence over a leak...