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 "episode": "002",
 "title": "How Top-Secret War Documents Ended Up on a Minecraft Server",
 "slug": "how-top-secret-war-documents-ended-up-on-a-minecraft-server",
 "url": "https://researchism.tv/how-top-secret-war-documents-ended-up-on-a-minecraft-server/",
 "short_url": "https://researchism.tv/002",
 "runtime": "13:36",
 "published": "2026-10-29T23:02:00-04:00",
 "youtube_id": "yAkreBwIfpo",
 "page_created": "2026-10-30",
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 "numbering": "Source numbers match the numbered notes in the film's right margin; https://researchism.tv/how-top-secret-war-documents-ended-up-on-a-minecraft-server/#<n> jumps to source <n>.",
 "dating": "date = publication date as published; accessed = the date we retrieved and read the source; link_checked = the date of the last link check (link_status ok: the link opened that day; blocked: the site blocks automated checks, so the link was not confirmed).",
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  "dark": "unknown or unverified"
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  "as_of": "Oct. 29, 2026",
  "film_as_of": "Oct. 29, 2026",
  "status_checked": "2026-10-30",
  "status_summary": "no change since Oct. 29, 2026.",
  "checked": "What we checked on Oct. 30, 2026 (the evening of Oct. 29, Eastern Time): the docket of United States v. Teixeira on CourtListener / RECAP, where the latest public entry is dated Nov. 26, 2024 (CourtListener last refreshed this docket from the court on June 5, 2025), and the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator (in custody at USP Florence ADMAX, projected release Jan. 22, 2036). Sealed filings do not appear on CourtListener, we did not search PACER, the court’s paid records system, and the court-martial and its appeal are military proceedings outside these records.",
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  "points": [
   "Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty on Mar. 4, 2024, to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. #4 #19",
   "He was sentenced to 15 years in prison (180 months) on Nov. 12, 2024, followed by 3 years of supervised release; the judgment was entered Nov. 18, 2024. #8 #18",
   "At a court-martial on Mar. 13, 2025, he pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, with no added confinement. A punitive discharge takes effect only after appellate review; we found no public outcome of the automatic appeal. #14 #15",
   "The Federal Bureau of Prisons lists him in custody, with a projected release date of Jan. 22, 2036. In May 2025 he applied for a presidential pardon, ABC News reported; we found no public decision. #9 #16"
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  "presumption": "The complaint, the indictment and the government’s filings were allegations when they were made. The facts in the film rest on what Teixeira admitted when he pleaded guilty and on what the court decided.",
  "victim": "Members of his chat group, some of them minors, the people who reposted the photos and the teenager interviewed by the press are not named in the film or on this page; chat usernames in the film are invented. That is our choice.",
  "records": "Docket via CourtListener / RECAP: United States v. Teixeira, No. 1:23-cr-10159-IT (D. Mass.), case closed Nov. 18, 2024, latest public entry Nov. 26, 2024 (re-checked Oct. 30, 2026: no new public entries). Court records change; when they do, we update this box and log it below."
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  "Map data: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Land and border outlines: Natural Earth (public domain).",
  "Voice, music, sound: The narration is an AI voice (ElevenLabs), reading our script. Original music and sound effects were generated with ElevenLabs and edited and mixed by us. The only third-party sound is a few seconds of the Pentagon briefing of Apr. 13, 2023 (public domain).",
  "3D and graphics: 3D scenes, the block-built Earth, reconstructions, maps and graphics: researchism. The block world is our own engraved model, not the server’s real map. Reconstructions and illustrations are labeled on screen; chat usernames are invented.",
  "Type: Fraunces, Source Serif 4 and Charis SIL (SIL Open Font License)."
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   "date": "Apr. 14, 2023",
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   "date": "June 15, 2023",
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   "note": "Allegations at the time; he later pleaded guilty to all six counts. Page 1 is shown in the film (#48).",
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   "date": "Oct. 29, 2024",
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   "note": "The government’s argument for a 200-month sentence. Quotes in the film marked “as quoted in the government’s sentencing memorandum” come from here. Pages 4, 6 and 7 are shown in the film (#80, #56, #55).",
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   "accessed": "2026-10-29",
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   "date": "Nov. 18, 2024",
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   "note": "180 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, no fine, no restitution. Pages 1 and 3 are shown in the film (#49, #81).",
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   "anchor": "https://researchism.tv/how-top-secret-war-documents-ended-up-on-a-minecraft-server/#8",
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