Jack Teixeira

Jack Teixeira
BornDecember 2001 (age 22)
Known for2022–2023 Pentagon leaks
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branch
Years of service2019–2023
Rank Airman first class
Unit102nd Intelligence Wing

Jack Douglas Teixeira (/tˈʃɛərə/ tay-SHAIR; born December 2001) is a former American airman in the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. In April 2023, following an investigation into the removal and disclosure of hundreds of classified Pentagon documents, Teixeira was arrested by FBI agents and charged with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information in violation of the Espionage Act of 1917 and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material. In March 2024, Teixeira pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information; he will be sentenced in November 2024.