Young military member faces prison time after top-secret information leak
A Massachusetts Air Guard member awaits his sentence after leaking classified documents online. The case showed how easily top-secret information can spread through internet channels
Jack Teixeira - a twenty-two year-old ex-service-member from Massachusetts air guard faces court tomorrow for leaking top-secret documents (a case that made the US security system look weak)
The soon-to-be twenty-three year-old plead guilty to six federal charges about eight months ago; his actions showed how easy it is for classified info to spread thru the web these days. The charges included keeping and sharing top-secret national defense materials that shouldnt have left secure facilities
The legal teams have different ideas about prison time - while Teixeiras lawyers ask for an eleven-year term the prosecution wants him behind bars for sixteen years. Judge Indira Talwani will make her decision at the Boston US District Court: the ruling should close a case that made many govt officials re-think information security practices
