Intelligence leaker in federal court facing charges under the Espionage Act

Jack Tashara, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member in

federal

court

the alleged source of that massive

intelligence

leak, faces multiple

charges

under the Espionage Act for possessing and sharing classified documents. His family there for support heard his father say "I love you," Jack, and he responded, "I love you too." as he was accused of one of the biggest leaks of secrets in years, a day after he was on his back porch when an FBI tactical squad surrounded his home ordering the gun enthusiast to come out with his hands up, speeding up the arrest after media reports named him as investigators.

Let's say Tashara began sharing classified information with male friends online, many of them teenagers, in a private chat group he called Thug Shaker Central on Discord as early as December 2022, worried that he would be caught transcribing documents at work, started taking them home to photograph them and started posting them in January, Bellingcat's Eric Toler was the first to publicly identify the sheriff if he was trying to show off to these younger kids, especially the teenagers, yeah, I mean, I think that's the one. probably the motivation you know when you hear hot gossip about your friends or Someone you know, you know you have this, it's like it burns you inside to tell someone as fast as you can.

That has happened to everyone, except their hot gossips. They were classified documents. Members of the chat group say Tashara was not a whistleblower. The intention for the secrets to go beyond the small group of him comes from a patriotic and deeply religious family. The neighbors were surprised, so I heard the name and thought you were joking. I know this guy, a good guy and he had a good head on his shoulders. He wanted to join the group. military just the fact that she had access to it surprises me when Andrea did it to share a suspect that the authorities could be after him, well it's a great story that she wanted to share in a group chat, her friends told the Washington Post that got frantic in April in April. 5.

When one of his documents appeared on Twitter the next day, he went on a classified network to search for the word leak to see if investigators were after him. They thanked you for watching our YouTube channel. Follow today's top stories and breaking news by downloading the NBC News App