当地时间14日，美国“泄密门”嫌疑人、马萨诸塞州空军国民警卫队成员杰克·特谢拉首次出庭，听取联邦政府依据《反间谍法》对其宣布两项刑事指控，即“保存并传输国家防务信息”及“故意保存机密文件”。据美媒报道，法庭依据《反间谍法》宣读对其两项刑事指控，最多可判15年监禁。
 

家中被捕
 

当地时间13日，美国司法部长梅里克·加兰表示，司法部当天逮捕了一名美国空军国民警卫队成员，此人与近日曝出的美军涉俄乌冲突等机密文件泄露事件有关。

A member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was arrested by the FBI on Thursday in connection with the leaking of classified documents that have been posted online, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday.
 

 

加兰当天在司法部召开的一场新闻发布会上表示，美国联邦调查局特工当天下午将杰克·特谢拉逮捕收押，后者涉嫌“在未经允许情况下移除、存放并传播国防机密信息（alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information）”，将在其被捕地马萨诸塞州的联邦地区法院接受提审。司法部关于文件泄密事件的调查仍在进行中，将在适当时候公布更多信息。

 

美媒曝光的画面显示，当FBI逼近时，特谢拉还在家中露台上安静读书，似乎还没意识到即将发生什么。随后，特谢拉被几名持枪执法人员带走。

群聊泄密
 

特谢拉何许人也？又是如何将如此规模的机密信息泄漏出去的呢？
 

据《纽约时报》及CNN等美媒报道，特谢拉现年21岁，供职于马萨诸塞州空军国民警卫队的情报部门，是最早出现相关机密文件的私密网络聊天群组组长。该群组有20至30名成员，是一群热衷于讨论枪支、种族主义和电子游戏等话题的年轻人。

The arrest of Jack Teixeira, 21, comes following a fast-moving search by the US government for the identity of the leaker who posted classified documents to a social media platform popular with video gamers. He guided a group of 20 to 30 people, mostly young men and teenagers, as they bonded over guns, racist memes, video games and international politics.

 

美媒称，特谢拉平时的工作包括保障军队“全球性大型通信网络”的正常运行。2022年7月，特谢拉被提拔为一等飞行员，他此前还曾荣获空军成就奖章。

Airman Teixeira was trained as a cyber transport systems specialist, a job that could entail a variety of duties, such as keeping his unit’s communication networks running.

He achieved the rank of Airman First Class and was decorated with an Air Force Achievement Medal, which is awarded to junior airmen for notable achievements.

 

美媒称，一封美国国防部内部邮件显示，特谢拉持有联邦政府授予的最高级别绝密信息安全许可。

He held the highest-level security clearance granted by the government to review top secret information, according to an internal Department of Defense email reviewed by Fox News.

 

根据美国国防部当地时间13日发布的一份声明，美防长劳埃德·奥斯汀指示副防长对国防部内部的情报访问、问责制度和控制程序进行审查，以防止机密文件泄露事件再次发生。

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is directing a review of intelligence access. The review will be conducted by the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, Austin said. It will also examine "accountability and control procedures within the Department to inform our efforts to prevent this kind of incident from happening again.”

 

美国媒体此前报道，一批数量约100页的美军情报文件遭到泄露并在多个社交媒体平台上传播。文件涉及俄乌冲突等方面情报，并包含韩国、以色列政府高层疑似遭美国情报部门监听的内容，美国官员认为大部分内容真实。这些文件内容表明，美国不仅深度介入俄乌冲突，而且对包括其盟友在内的多个国家持续实施监听。
 

综合来源：新华网，海外网，CNN，福克斯新闻