File shared by Pentagon leaker claims U.S. knew of Nord Stream pipeline attack plan

June 06, 2023 at 3:23 pm EDT

Who is Jack Teixeira? The FBI on Thursday arrested Jack Teixeira in connection with the leak of dozens of highly classified documents that, among other things, showed just how much the United States is able to conduct surveillance on Russia. (Jim Jurca/Getty Images)

June 06, 2023 at 3:23 pm EDT

A leaked document reveals the CIA had knowledge of a Ukranian military plot to destroy the Nord Stream pipeline last September.

The file, which was one of the hundreds of classified documents leaked by Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, alleges the Biden administration was informed of the plan by a European intelligence service three months prior to the attack.

President Joe Biden condemned the underwater bombing of the pipeline, calling it a “deliberate act of sabotage.”

Teixeira was arrested by federal agents on April 13 at his home in Dighton, Massachusetts in connection to the leaking of the documents on the chat platform Discord. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

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