As The New York Times explains, Jack Teixeira was a cyber transport system specialist, which means that he was his unit's tech guy in charge of things like keeping networks running. He was stationed at Otis Air National Guard Base near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, as part of the Air National Guard's 102 Intelligence Wing. As the 102 Intelligence Wing website says, its job entails "worldwide precision intelligence and command and control along with trained and experienced Airmen for expeditionary combat support and homeland security," a description made wholly ironic if Teixeira gets convicted of leaking intelligence. Teixeira will face charges related to the "unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information" per 18 U.S.C. 793, aka the 1917 Espionage Act.
Another article in The New York Times shows footage of armed and armored F.B.I. agents handcuffing Teixeira and then guiding him down a quaint residential street on Thursday, April 13. The team of agents gathered near Teixeira's home in North Dighton, about 35 miles south of Boston, before making the arrest. Teixeira apparently knew what was coming because he made "frantic" call to his Discord sever, Thug Shaker Central, before the arrest. "Guys, it's been good — I love you all," user Vahki on The New York Times recounts Teixeira saying, and, "I never wanted it to get like this. I prayed to God that this would never happen. And I prayed and prayed and prayed. Only God can decide what happens from now on."
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