Prosecutors push for 17-year sentence for Teixeira for “crime” of sharing regime’s secrets with public

Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]

“United States prosecutors will seek a 17-year prison term for an airman who admitted to leaking hundreds of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other national security secrets. In a sentencing memorandum filed earlier this week, prosecutors said the crime by Jack Teixeira, 22, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, amounted to one of the most ‘consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history.’ … The leaked documents held highly classified information on allies and adversaries, with details ranging from troop movements in Ukraine to intelligence about Israel’s Mossad spy agency.” (10/30/24)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/30/prosecutors-push-for-17-year-sentence-for-pentagon-leaker-jack-teixeira