Identity of the ‘man responsible for the Pentagon top secret documents leak’
REVEALED: Massachusetts Air National Guard intelligence officer, 21, and leader of online gaming chat room ‘Thug Shaker Central’ identified as leaking Pentagon classified files in bombshell report
A 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s intelligence division has been identified as the alleged leaker of top-secret Pentagon documents.
Jack Teixeira, the leader of online private chat group Thug Shaker Central, was named by the New York Times as the man behind one of the biggest national security breaches of the past decade.
The revelation comes after President Joe Biden said during his trip to Ireland that investigators were close to pinpointing the source.
Two members of the chat room described the suspect to The Washington Post Wednesday evening.
‘He’s fit. He is strong. He’s armed. He’s trained. Pretty much everything you’d expect from a crazy movie,” said one of the members.
He described him as “a young, charismatic man who loves nature, God, shooting guns and racing cars.”
During an intense search for the source of the leaks, The Washington Post reported seeing videos and photos of the man, as well as recordings of his interactions with members of the group.
In a video seen by The Post, the man can be seen at a shooting range with a large rifle, wearing goggles and earmuffs. The man looks into the camera and shouts racial and anti-Semitic slurs, then fires several rounds at a target.
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One of the leaked documents, posted online, sparked an FBI hunt for the leaker and a Pentagon investigation
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