Weeks after Jack Teixeira was arrested over the alleged leak of categorised navy intelligence on-line, new particulars have emerged that reveal how a number of pink flags have been ignored and weren’t sufficient to stop the Pentagon from granting him a top-secret safety clearance.
On 13 April, armed FBI officers arrested the 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s intelligence wing after raiding his Massachusetts residence.
According to a report by CNN, Pentagon had granted Teixeira top-secret safety clearance.
Officials stated to the community that Teixeira needed to fill out an in depth questionnaire referred to as E-QIP (Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing) and be vetted by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency earlier than being granted his clearance in 2021.
Texiera was arrested in reference to the leak of the so-called “Pentagon Papers”.
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Court paperwork filed on Wednesday say that Teixeira was suspended from his highschool three years in the past after a classmate “overheard him make remarks about weapons, including Molotov cocktails, guns at the school, and racial threats”.
“That clearly would have been a red flag,” one Pentagon official was quoted as saying.
The report stated that Teixeira utilized for a firearm identification card in 2018 and 2019.
Prosecutors stated that his native police station denied permits each occasions over issues by his native police division concerning the feedback he had made at his faculty that led to his suspension.
Court paperwork say that when Teixeira utilized for a firearm identification card once more in 2020, he cited his place within the navy and his top-secret clearance as the reason why he needs to be given one.
According to prosecutors FBI discovered “multiple weapons, including handguns, bolt-action rifles, shotguns” and an “AK-style high-capacity weapon” in his room after it was searched following his arrest.
According to an official from the Senate Intelligence Committee, the committee has twice within the final week requested the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Pentagon for extra details about Teixeira’s vetting.
Pentagon officers stated that its vetting course of and whether or not any procedures have been violated or ignored are additionally being examined.
Also, on Wednesday the Air Force stated that two leaders in Teixeira’s unit have been suspended and have additionally misplaced their entry to categorised programs and knowledge.
