Pentagon leaks suspect to remain jailed pending trial

THE US airman accused of leaking top-secret documents will remain in jail pending trial, a federal judge ruled yesterday, after prosecutors argued that he posed an ongoing risk to American national security.

Jack Teixeira – a 21-year-old Air National Guard IT specialist – allegedly orchestrated the most damaging leak of US classified documents in a decade, posting a trove of highly sensitive information in an online chat forum.