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PENTAGON LEAKS SCANDAL

Big blow to American security

A21-year-old member of the US Air National Guard, accused of leaking hundreds of top-secret Pentagon documents on a gaming chat server, is on trial after he was arrested on charges related to the mishandling of classified documents.

JACK TEIXEIRA was taken into custody after the FBI traced the files to a private server on the online platform Discord. Teixeira allegedly used the handle OG on the platform and told friends that he worked on a military base before distributing 100-plus papers from the US department of defense.

The Pentagon confirmed the authenticity of the paperwork, which includes information about the

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