in moment now. suspected document leaker accused of sharing top pentagon secrets online. it s set to make his first appearance in court. the 21 year old arrested at his home in massachusetts yesterday and what we re learning about the charges he is now facing bowling discovers a new issue with its 7 37 max planes, but it is not pulling any from the sky. these stories and more here on cnn news, central. any minute now the 21 year old accused of leaking classified pentagon documents online is set to appear in a boston courtroom in front of a federal judge. massachusetts air national guard one jack cetera, was arrested yesterday. federal investigators say he leaked documents, which included detailed intelligence assessments of allies and adversaries, as well as the u. s military s assessment on the state of the war in ukraine. to fear his job title was a cyber transport systems journeymen in layman s terms. that s an i. t specialist. he entered the air national guard in septembe
attorney general merrick garland identified him as 21-year-old air national guardsman, jack tech t teixeira the new york times spoke with members of the private group teixeira oversaw the chat where 20 to 30 people, mostly young men and teenagers came together over a shared love of guns, racist online memes and video games. it is in that group that airman teixeira is said to have uploaded hundreds of pages of intelligence briefings, according to the times joining me now is justice correspondent, ken dilanian. the details are unbelievable in this case. walk us through what we know one more time, what is out there and how we think it got out there. what is out there, alex, are some highly classified documents showing the fruits of american eavesdropping, signals intelligence on russia and many other countries. very embarrassing revelations that the u.s. has supplied on allies not surprising to the allies, but embarrassing when it becomes public, ukraine s air defenses and w
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texas gave the biden administration seven days to appeal his decision. very dangerous when you have the vitamin ist rations coming out and saying they may not uphold a ruling. it is an extraordinary example of judicial overreach. the department of justice is opening an investigation into a trove of leaked us intelligence documents that have been posted on social media documents provide a rare window into how the u. s spied on allies and foes alike. it s really problematic because it really generates a lack of trust between nations, both friends and foes. monday evening, the metro council will decide the political fate of former representative justin jones heard from thousands of constituents and they want him back in the seat. tennessee house republicans attempt to crucify democracy as instead resurrected a movement cowardice. selfishness of the legislators in antonio s first head coach gregg popovich, sounding off on lawmakers in the wake of the nashville school shooting fre
chiefs level and then while in air crew may be able to be briefed on this, which is beneficial, we may have to look in it raining some of those secrets in but so the massachusetts air guard. i think this is an air superiority wing so they are, you know, air to air defense and their purpose. whether it s them or any fighter unit, frankly, my fighter units out of madison, wisconsin. um you know, their job is to take on enemy aircraft. their job is to be deployable and war, the international guard actually carried even a bigger broad, you know, a bigger burden of the war on terror than active duty in the last few years, and in terms of when it comes to the young people look, some people have to put the briefing slides in front of us, you know, in front of the officers in front of those making decisions. and you can t just wait till you get somebody that s a major to have access to the first time for this information, so it s young people that put these slides together that brief the offic