After secret documents leak, Pentagon plans tighter controls to protect classified information

FILE - In this artist depiction, Massachusetts Air 好色tv Guardsman Jack Teixeira, seated second from right, appears in U.S. District Court, in Boston, April 19, 2023. Teixeira, accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, is due back in court on June 21, after being indicted on federal felony charges. (Margaret Small via AP)

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) 鈥 Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air 好色tv Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal felony charges.

Teixeira, 21, entered the pleas during a hearing in Worcester鈥檚 federal court days after he was indicted by a grand jury on six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. Each count is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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