The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee had to remind panel members Tuesday not to display classified documents during public hearings after Rep. Matt Gaetz held up a copy of secret Pentagon slides leaked in an online gamer chat room.
In an exchange during an unclassified committee hearing on national security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, Mr. Gaetz, Florida Republican, pressed Defense Department brass to assess whether China had surpassed the U.S. in hypersonic weapons technology.
“It’s sort of been unclassified without our consent,” Mr. Gaetz responded, holding up a copy of a leaked presentation containing a classified assessment of China’s missile capabilities. “The chair would advise members not to display classified information, whether it’s been leaked or not, in open hearings,” he said.
The FBI arrested Airman Jack Teixeira last week at his Massachusetts home on federal charges of unauthorized removal of classified national defense information.
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