Jack D. Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman convicted of espionage for leaking classified information in an internet chat group, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison. “I wanted to say that I’m sorry for all of the harm that I’ve brought and that I’ve caused and that I don’t think I can really sum up how contrite I am,

A federal judge sentenced a Massachusetts Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to leaking classified military documents.

The Discord leaks rocked the U.S. national security establishment, revealing the speed with which top-secret materials can spread online.

Prosecutors will urge a U.S. judge on Tuesday to sentence Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira to nearly 17 years in prison for leaking online highly classified military documents, including records related to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Jack Teixeira, a US Air National Guardsman, who leaked Pentagon documents last year in one of the highest-profile intelligence cases in recent years, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Teixeira, 22,

Prosecutors said Jack Teixeira "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history."

Prosecutors have argued that Jack Teixeira should be sentenced to 17 years in prison, saying he “perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history.