The U.S. Air Force said Wednesday that it has temporarily suspended two officers who were in command over Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who is accused of leaking classified military intelligence on the internet.
Teixeira was arrested by FBI agents in North Dighton, Massachusetts, two weeks ago and was charged with unlawful retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents. If convicted of both charges, Teixeira faces up to 15 years in prison.
“The commander of the 102nd Intelligence Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, has suspended the commander of the 102nd Intelligence Support Squadron pending further investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified information,” said Ann Stefanek, a spokesperson for the Air Force.