Prosecutors are arguing that the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media should remain in jail during the course of his legal case, in part, because he has a history of violent threats and possessed an "arsenal of weapons."

In comments cited in court filings late Wednesday night, Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, spoke of wanting to “kill a [expletive] ton of people” because it would be “culling the weak minded,” and discussed wanting to make a minivan into an “assassination van.”

The american war machine only recruits the best bloodthirsty people.

  • CommunistBear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    So he was saying this stuff but still was able to pass the background check for some level of secret clearance? Either the system is wildly incompetent, are perfectly ok with it, or this whole thing is an op. All of them are possible