national analyst for nbc news. let s see this morning, to parts of this. so just how damaging some of this information is, president biden downplaying that a island yesterday, and then jus how a 21-year-old eric nationa guardsmen got access to it, wa able to distribute it, and leave it up on a social medi platform, it appears, fo months i m going to go with or number two as the bigger problem. i think that as you look a what will come out of this there will be some significant tactical information that flow across the wires to russia russia will use this to try an drive wedges between the u.s and some of our allies who are named in it. there will be some heightene awareness of the war and s forth, but that basket i think is smaller as a concern then the classification and the tightening up. i think this is a fairly
20,000 is expected to line the streets for that event following those remarks, the president will return to dubli t joe, it s good to see you there. set the scene for us yeah. well, i ll tell ya what, i m standing in front of what looks like mike barnicle s second home in nantucket just a wee bit larger. i m telling you , it s been such a joyful, joyful trip for joe biden and for the people of ireland. you can see that in the headlines. i know back in the states, a lot of people focusing on a few gaffes they re not focusing on that in ireland. you see here a very irish welcome for president biden. just had a joyous welcome to parliament yesterday in fact, the front page story here, it said biden s happiness and enthusiasm was so infectious because it was obviously so sincere. joe biden has had headlines like
of course, there was some anti-government sentiment. reporter: teixeira enlisted 3 1/2 years ago. the anonymous group member said he was a natural leader but not a whistleblower. o.g. was not hostile to the u.s. government. however, he disagreed with several things, such as waco and ruby ridge, and thought that the government is overreaching in several aspects. there was no heavy snowden-like conspiracy here, like some people may believe. reporter: the leaked intelligence was online for months, with photos of classified documents visible for weeks. some was in public. clearly, the administration was slow on the uptake how was it not discovered, and how is it an individual like this could have the access they did? reporter: in ireland, president biden downplayed the impact. i m not concerned about the leaked documents i m concerned that it happened there was nothing contemporaneous that i m aware of that is of great consequence. reporter: according to the new york times,
the washington post is reporting the u.s. expects the war to continue into next year kristen welker asked poland s prime minister about that. is that your assessment i think so, too russia has huge and vast natural resources, human resources. reporter: now, the pent agon is reviewing who has access to top secrets. we do have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding sensitive and classified information this was a deliberate criminal act, a violation of those guidelines if there are any areas where we need to tighten things up, we certainly will andrea mitchell reporting there. let s bring in former supreme allied commander of nato, retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. chief analyst for nbc news good to see you this morning two parts to this. just how damaging some of this information is president biden downplaying that in ireland yesterday then, just how a 21-year-old air national guardsman got access to
agreement 25 years ago what i find different about biden s visit, it seems that, in the past, ireland has been a place that presidents have loved to go, but their first allegiance was always with great britain. you do not get that sense with joe biden. he expects britain to do everything it can do to keep this peace treaty in place and i think he s right, too i mean, this was an ingenious peace deal it was negotiated between irish and british prime ministers over successive administrations of course, by the clinton administration between the communities on the ground in northern ireland and across the border with the republic it gave people in northern ireland, whether they were catholic or protestant, the