FBI arrests an employee of the US Air Force National Guard over the leaks online of classified documents that embarrassed Washington with allies around the world, authorities say
Investigators believe that the US Air Force National Guard employee, who specialises in intelligence, led the online chat group where the documents were posted.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Thursday the FBI arrested the man, Jack Teixeira, "in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defence information." Video images played on news channels showed heavily armed officers in Massachusetts accompanying a young man wearing a gray t-shirt and bright red shorts into a waiting car. The leaks were a "deliberate, criminal act," the Pentagon said. Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder referred questions about the investigation to the Department of Justice.
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