Senators from both parties called for changes to the U.S. government’s system for classifying secret information after a closed-door briefing Wednesday on the biggest leak of closely held documents in a decade.
Calling the leaking allegedly done by a 21-year-old National Guard airman “stunning,” Senator Marco Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters, “I certainly wasn’t satisfied with any plans they have in place to prevent this from happening in the future.”
The Justice Department last week charged Jack Teixeira with illegally accessing and disseminating classified national defense information. The materials he is accused of taking include sensitive battlefield information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and revelations that the U.S. eavesdropped on allies such as South Korea.
