US judge delays decision on detention for Pentagon leaks suspect

No decision on where Jack Teixeira should remain until trial but judge appears doubtful of arguments that he should be released

A federal judge has delayed a decision on a detention hearing for the US air national guardsman suspected of leaking highly classified US intelligence documents.

Federal prosecutors urged Judge David Hennessy to keep Jack Teixeira, 21, behind bars, arguing he could still pose a grave risk to US national security and have access to secret national defense information, during a nearly 90-minute trial on Thursday in Worcester, Massachusetts.