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.
Hennessy said at the hearing that he would need more time to decide Teixeira’s request, filed by his attorneys on April 26, that he be allowed to be free on bail ahead of his trial….
