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Jack Teixeira: The Airman Who Wanted to Give Gamers a Real Taste of War

The group liked online war games. But then Jack Teixeira, an active-duty airman, began showing them classified documents, members say.

A junior enlisted airman assigned to an intelligence unit on Cape Cod is accused of leaking a trove of top-secret information.

The group liked online war games. But then Airman Jack Teixeira, members say, began showing them classified documents.

The arrest of Jack Teixeira, a junior Massachusetts airman, in the leaking of classified documents opens a debate about security clearances.

The additional documents also suggest the breach of American intelligence agencies could contain far more material than previously believed.