national guardsman, federal authorities say is responsible for perhaps the worst leak of classified material in a decade . airman first class jack to share his family had nothing to say, leaving federal court today in boston. earlier they watched him brought in shackles before judge he entered no plea to a pair of charges under the espionage act, unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention. of classified documents from material will remain in custody until the detention hearing next wednesday . as the hearing ended, a man in the courtroom shouted love you, jack to share a did not look back, but responded you, too, dad. according to the government s court filing on clt , the it specialists received top secret security clearance into 2021 may have had access to more sensitive material, the filing says. he quote maintained sensitive compartmented access to other highly classified programs, end quote and that he b
good evening. tonight we learned a lot more about the air national guardsman, federal authorities say is responsible for perhaps the worst leak of classified material in a decade . airman first class jack to share his family had nothing to say, leaving federal court today in boston. earlier they watched him brought in shackles before judge he entered no plea to a pair of charges under the espionage act, unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention. of classified documents from material will remain in custody until the detention hearing next wednesday . as the hearing ended, a man in the courtroom shouted love you, jack to share a did not look back, but responded you, too, dad. according to the government s court filing on clt , the it specialists received top secret security clearance into 2021 may have had access to more sensitive material, the filing says. he quote maintained sensitive compartmented access to
this is a it s sad. it s sad for the guards sad for the country and ultimately probably sad for this kid to elliott based on what we know right now. what are the suspects option? as for a defense, i mean, how much could his fabi riding on whether you cooperate with the government? i think a tremendous amount anderson. i don t think he has a lot of a defense here because this was a case that was built largely over electronic materials. and so you have communications. you have records of documents or information that he would have shared online. you have text communications where he s having with other people. the crime is committed via computers, so there s really not much of a defense here. i think you know what s not call it a defense but maybe at sentencing if he is convicted. what he can say is number one. i served the country number two. i don t have a criminal history number three. i thought i was doing something righteous, but most importantly , number four. i accept full respons
probably sad for this kid to elliott based on what we know right now. what are the suspects option? as for a defense, i mean, how much could his fabi riding on whether you cooperate with the government? i think a tremendous amount anderson. i don t think he has a lot of a defense here because this was a case that was built largely over electronic materials. and so you have communications. you have records of documents or information that he would have shared online. you have text communications where he s having with other people. the crime is committed via computers, so there s really not up much of a defense here. i think you know what s not call it a defense but maybe at sentencing if he is convicted. what he can say is number one. i served the country number two. i don t have a criminal history number three. i thought i was doing something righteous. but most importantly , number four. i accept full responsibility for what i did. each of those four things identified are ways that a