The nickname sparked curiosity. The Portuguese hypothesis was raised when the New York Times revealed that Jack Teixeira, the author of the leaks that made public classified US documents on international politics, including critical content about the war in Ukraine, was a soldier in his 20s. .
Hours later, Jake Teixeira, from a source 5,000 kilometers from Lisbon on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean and from the Portuguese community, was arrested by the FBI on suspicion of leaking sensitive information that could endanger security. In the American defense, he was of Portuguese descent, the grandson of the Assyrians, and lived on the outskirts of the Fall River.
In terms of family, Jack was just 21 years old, an army man and close to his sister, who liked computers and had two dogs. On the internet it’s “OG”, the founder of an online group on a social network mainly devoted to video games, racist memes and guns. To officials, Jackson Teixeira appears to be a traitor to the homeland, spreading secrets online that should have been locked away in the U.S. Department of Defense.
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