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Airman, Arrested for Leaks, Chatted in Groups Fascinated by Weapons and War

Jack Teixeira, charged with leaking classified documents, belonged to forums full of opinions and provocations

Jack Teixeira in an image posted by his mother to Facebook in 2021.

By Yaroslav Trofimov

, Shane Shifflett

and Lisa Schwartz

April 14, 2023 11:01 pm ET

The people in the online spaces where Airman First Class Jack Teixeira spent his time and allegedly leaked highly classified documents had many things in common. In obscure game forums and private online chat rooms, his friends posted violent slurs against Black, gay and trans people, Jews, Ukrainians and pretty much everyone else.

Everyone, that is, except Russians.

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