Judge Not Ready to Rule on Pre-Trial Release of Alleged Pentagon Leaker

Judge Not Ready to Rule on Pre-Trial Release of Alleged Pentagon Leaker
Jack Douglas Teixeira poses for a selfie at an unidentified location in a file photo. Social Media Website via Reuters
Ross Muscato
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The Massachusetts Air National Guard airman accused of leaking classified national security information, a breach that Pentagon brass, federal prosecutors, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say is highly damaging to the United States, will remain in federal custody while a judge determines if he will grant bail. 
Jack Teixeira, 21, who shared the information in an online discussion group, appeared on April 27 in a federal courtroom in Worcester, Massachusetts, before federal magistrate judge David Hennessy.