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Who is Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman behind leaked classified documents
Fox News ^ | April 13, 2023 | Fox News

Posted on 04/13/2023 12:37:10 PM PDT by familyop

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To: PIF

So any guardsmen gets TS clearance? Also, from what I understand from reading, he isn’t the person who actually had the intel. Why the heck would a 21 yo stateside non-commissioned guardsman have TS access to top-of-chain documents in a conflict without guardsmen in Ukraine?

Your post makes zero sense.


21 posted on 04/13/2023 1:09:24 PM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: familyop

There are going to be a lot of “counseling” sessions on the Cape this weekend.


22 posted on 04/13/2023 1:11:32 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: familyop

Story doesn’t hold up. An E-3 guardsmen who isn’t even involved in the Ukraine conflict is highly unlikely to have this level of access, including updates as of two weeks ago. Doesn’t pass the smell test at all.


23 posted on 04/13/2023 1:12:04 PM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: ansel12

I wonder if whatever accounts for that rank should have also hurt his clearance.

His MOS was in military intelligence - if you had any clue about how the military works or had even read the article you would not ask such questions.


24 posted on 04/13/2023 1:12:50 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: 11th_VA

This is a trove of intelligence, not some sheet of paper left absent-mindedly on a desk.

How many Biden sympathizers are posting in this thread?


25 posted on 04/13/2023 1:13:59 PM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: PIF

You continuing to insinuate that any low-rank guardsman in intelligence would have this level of information doesn’t make it any more true.


26 posted on 04/13/2023 1:15:40 PM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: 11th_VA

LOL, not at this level. In reality, the level of this information is in the WH, Pentagon and a few select congress, maybe 3-4 of them. In fact if more than 20 people (EO-Eyes Only) hads access to this I would be surprised.


27 posted on 04/13/2023 1:17:41 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: realcleanguy

Just so you know he was in the 102nd Intelligence Wing and, obviously, had a need to know, else he would have had no access.

Hopefully you will learn something about the military works from this incident. Age, rank, sex, branch of service have nothing to do with anything in this story.

TS is not all that sensitive, unlike Code Word, SAP etc.


28 posted on 04/13/2023 1:17:44 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Common Sense 101

Bingo!


29 posted on 04/13/2023 1:18:36 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: crz

Bingo. I would think closer to 20 people have seen this at the Pentagon, WH and congress. This was not out there floating around to be found. The question is, did someone from the WH leak it to this group?


30 posted on 04/13/2023 1:18:58 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: PIF

Why so nasty?

Rather than say something so stupid as you did why not just say what the error was?

As it is you got in a silly accusation of me not knowing about the military but you didn’t explain or even mention what your point was.


31 posted on 04/13/2023 1:20:23 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: familyop

Will they call him a “White Hispanic” like George Zimmerman?


32 posted on 04/13/2023 1:20:44 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: PIF

Just so you know, I was in the military and know how this all works. This guy did not have access to real time intelligence. He was a national guardsman. Not active duty. They don’t place this type of intel on a server that can be accessed anywhere.


33 posted on 04/13/2023 1:20:55 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: familyop
just wanted to inform some of his friends about what’s going on

Well, it appears that one or some of his friends really screwed him (even more) by making the information public if he didn't.

34 posted on 04/13/2023 1:22:02 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: MTBobcat

If he was in an Intelligence unit, someone in the unit had access to the info - likely the CO. I’m just saying, classified and unclassified documents could have’ been co-mingled in the safe - depending on the Unit’s attention to security, he have had unauthorized access.


35 posted on 04/13/2023 1:22:24 PM PDT by 11th_VA (XX < > XY)
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To: realcleanguy

Actually I read this morning that upwards to 5,000 people in the DOD would have had access to this information. So..this isn’t what might be considered “tightly held.”

I guess someone has to compile the daily briefings to give to the higher folks. Why not an Airman in Cape Cod?


36 posted on 04/13/2023 1:23:23 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: realcleanguy
Not active duty

His Unit was attached to an Active Duty unit - and given his duty location, he easily could have access to the info even during weekend duty.

37 posted on 04/13/2023 1:26:32 PM PDT by 11th_VA (XX < > XY)
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To: ansel12

“An E-3 in his 4th year in service.”

Keep in mind that after AIT most Guardsmen (unless you’re full time) are working a few days a month and a few weeks a summer. Very hard to rank up unless you get activated. I run into quite a few E-5, E-6s that are in their 40s.


38 posted on 04/13/2023 1:27:39 PM PDT by Trinity5
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"An E-3 in his 4th year in service.

He may be in a National Guard unit where rank almost never changes, but E-3?

I wonder if whatever accounts for that rank should have also hurt his clearance.
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He was in the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Air National Guard. It's an office job in intelligence, so he had physical access one way or another. And yes. Promotions are hard to come by in some units without mobilizations.

In my opinion, our whole armed forces need to tighten up on information pertinent to some activities overseas. Briefings on Cold War history are also needed, so they'll know the differences between foreign adversaries, allies and others. As for Teixeira, he knew better. Air Guard airman boredom is no excuse.

There are many others in the various branches of the military who don't have clearances but are told to avoid exposing information about some activities to civilians. They all know better.

39 posted on 04/13/2023 1:28:12 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: realcleanguy

NG does have access depending on MOS - He was in the 102 Intelligence Air Wing, meaning he had the MOS and so the clearance and need to know - you imagine they just twiddle thumbs all day?


40 posted on 04/13/2023 1:28:17 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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