Security News > 2024 > March > Air National Guardsman Teixeira to admit he was Pentagon files leaker

Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking dozens of classified Pentagon documents, is expected to plead guilty in a US court on Monday.

A US Air Force report made public in December concluded Teixeira was the only airman behind the leak, though determined that his chain of command bears some responsibility for letting the classified data dump happen on its watch.

Teixeira, who was collared last April, previously pleaded not guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information.

The plea agreement remains sealed as of Friday, so it's unclear to what charges Teixeira will plead guilty.

"As laid out in the indictment, Jack Teixeira was entrusted by the United States government with access to classified national defense information - including information that reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to national security if shared," US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in June, following Teixeira's indictment.

In addition to Teixeira, 15 Air National Guard leaders have been disciplined for their failure to act.

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