Homosexual Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

<https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/us/politics/jack-teixeira-leaks-
russia-ukraine.html>

A Discord user matching the profile of Jack Teixeira distributed
intelligence to a larger chat group, days after the beginning of the
Ukraine war.

The Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to a
small group of gamers had been posting sensitive information months
earlier than previously known and to a much larger chat group, according
to online postings reviewed by The New York Times.

In February 2022, soon after the invasion of Ukraine, a user profile
matching that of Airman Jack Teixeira began posting secret intelligence on
the Russian war effort on a previously undisclosed chat group on Discord,
a social media platform popular among gamers. The chat group contained
about 600 members.

The case against Airman Teixeira, 21, who was arrested on April 13,
pertains to the leaking of classified documents on another Discord group
of about 50 members, called Thug Shaker Central. There, he began posting
sensitive information in October 2022, members of the group told The
Times. His job as an information technology specialist at an Air Force
base in Massachusetts gave him top secret clearance.

It is not clear whether authorities are aware of the classified material
posted on this additional Discord chat group.

The newly discovered information posted on the larger chat group included
details about Russian and Ukrainian casualties, activities of Moscow’s spy
agencies and updates on aid being provided to Ukraine. The user claimed to
be posting information from the National Security Agency, the Central
Intelligence Agency and other intelligence agencies.

The additional information raises questions about why authorities did not
discover the leaks sooner, particularly since hundreds more people would
have been able to see the posts.

The exposure of some of America’s most closely guarded secrets has
prompted criticism about how the Pentagon and intelligence agencies
protect classified data, and whether there are weaknesses in both vetting
people for security clearances and enforcing the mantra that access to
secrets should only be given to people with a “need to know.”

The Times learned about the larger chat room from a Discord user. Unlike
Thug Shaker Central, the second chat room was publicly listed on a YouTube
channel and was easily accessed in seconds.

A chain of digital evidence collected by The Times ties the posts
containing the sensitive information to Airman Teixeira. The posts were
made under a user name that The Times has previously connected to Airman
Teixeira. The person leaking the information said he worked at a U.S. Air
Force intelligence unit. Details in videos and photographs he posted
matched images posted by family members inside the Teixeira home in North
Dighton, Mass. Fellow Discord members sent the user birthday wishes on
Dec. 21, the same date Airman Teixeira’s sister wished him a happy
birthday on Facebook. And he posted a photograph of an antique German
rifle for which The Times found an online receipt in Airman Teixeira’s
name.

The posts reviewed by The Times appear to be detailed written accounts of
the classified documents themselves, and identify which intelligence
agency they are from. While it appears that the user likely posted
pictures of some documents, those have since been deleted from the chat
group.

Joshua Hanye, one of Airman Teixeira’s attorneys from the Boston public
defenders office, declined to comment about the latest revelations.
Officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice
Department also declined to comment.

It appears the first leak came less than 48 hours into Russia’s invasion
of Ukraine. “Saw a pentagon report saying that ?rd of the force is being
used to invade,” the user wrote. Apparently eager to impress others in the
group who questioned his analysis, he said: “I have a little more than
open source info. Perks of being in a USAF intel unit,” referring to the
United States Air Force.

Some of the intelligence posted appeared to foretell battlefield
developments. On March 27, 2022, he shared classified information about
the Russian pullback from Kyiv, information he said he “found on an NSA
site.”

“Some ‘big’ news,” he wrote. “There may be a planned withdrawal of the
troops west of Kiev, as in all of them.” Two days later, Russian officials
announced they were pulling back from the Ukrainian capital.

Some posts began with an update on casualty numbers. He also reported on
Ukraine’s targeting priorities and the activities of Russian intelligence
agencies. He took particular interest in posting updates of which
countries were providing lethal aid to Ukraine.

At times, he appeared to be posting from the military base where he was
stationed. In one conversation, he said he was about to enter an area
where people with security clearance can access classified computer
networks, known as a SCIF — Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.

How Airman Teixeira obtained the documents that he is accused of posting
online has been a key question for investigators. They believe he used
administrator privileges connected to his information technology job to
access documents. In his posts, Airman Teixeira said his job gave him
access to material that others could not see. “The job I have lets me get
privilege’s above most intel guys,” he wrote.

Airman Teixeira also claimed that he was actively combing classified
computer networks for material on the Ukraine war. When one of the Discord
users urged him not to abuse his access to classified intelligence,
Teixeira replied: “too late.”

At one point he offered to share information privately with members of the
group living outside the United States. “DM me and I can tell you what I
have,” he wrote.

On another occasion, he wrote that he was able to access a site run by the
National Security Agency, the U.S. spy agency that focuses on
communications intercepted from computer networks, to look for updates on
the war.

He also claimed to have access to intelligence from U.S. partners. “I
usually work with GCHQ people when I’m looking at foreign countries,” he
told the chat group in September 2022, referring to Government
Communications Headquarters, the British agency for intelligence, security
and cyberaffairs.

A spokesman for the National Security Agency declined to comment,
referring questions to the Justice Department. A spokeswoman for the
British Embassy declined to comment as well.

Airman Teixeira continued to share more detailed information to the larger
chat group until a month ago.

“I was very happy and willing and enthusiastic to have covered this event
for the past year and share with all of you something that not many people
get to see,” he wrote on March 19, before adding, “I’ve decided to stop
with the updates.”


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