The Washington Post revealed that secret Pentagon document smuggler Jack Douglas Techira, 21, comes from a family rooted in the military, as he followed in the footsteps of many of his family members to join the army.
She reported that his mother, Dawn Duvault, worked for years with nonprofit organizations that support veterans, including the Massachusetts Military Trust, and worked for a short time with the Massachusetts Administration of Veterans Services. But later, since 2017, she moved to the field of selling flowers.
Friends of the young man, who was arrested yesterday (Thursday), on suspicion of organizing the leaking of secret documents from the Pentagon, spoke that he was feeling frustrated with the ongoing battles between Russia and Ukraine, and pointed out that he began publishing the documents on the Discord Games site in approximately February 2022, immediately after the start of the game. Russian invasion of the western neighbor. According to one of his friends, Techira viewed the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces as frustrating, and believed that Moscow and Kiev should have more in common than separate them.
And Jack believed that by publishing the documents mentioned, he would inform his acquaintances and inform them of the details of what was happening there.
The newspaper quoted one of his friends as saying that about half of the band members with whom he initially shared these documents via an online video game platform (Discord) were “kids sitting in basements” playing video games, while the other half were gun lovers. And he added, “Jack’s goal was to keep these children informed of real-world issues, nothing more.” But a group member later shared those documents on another server and within another group of game groups, which later led to their spread over the Internet. His friend considered that Jack did not seek to undermine national security but hoped to educate these youngsters. He concluded by stressing that he loved his country, but he simply did not feel confident in its future!
It is reported that Teixeira was arrested yesterday by FBI agents who came with an armored vehicle and military equipment and surrounded his home in Dayton, Massachusetts. The Ministry of Defense announced that it would assess the consequences of the leak of classified documents on national security and investigate how this information reached him.
Okaz (Washington) @okaz_online