Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison

Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison
Jack Teixeira appears in court (Margaret Small/AP)

A US federal judge on Tuesday sentenced an Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine.

Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty earlier this year to six counts of wilful retention and transmission of national defence information under the Espionage Act, after his arrest in the most consequential national security case in years.

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