began posting that intelligence to a small group of gamers. you heard me right, gamers on a platform called discord. they were all sworn to secrecy. they couldn t keep it though. what happens now? jennifer griffin is at the pentagon and what she s hearing. chris swecker on the investigation that is just starting. former secretary of state mike pompeo on the damage all of the world this is still creating. and glenn youngkin on part of that damage that he s determined to stop. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. so much to piece together and piece together we shall. beginning with jennifer griffin with how this all went down at the pentagon. jennifer? neil, journalists for the new york times and washington have honed in on the leaker faster than the fbi that arrived at his house in massachusetts this afternoon. the alleged leaker was identified by attorney general merrick garland as 21-year-old jacks teixeira of the 102nd intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national
this is another gapping vulnerability that we have in our system. wasn t there a move after 9-11 you d know this better than i that because of agencies weren t sharing or relating or hanging on, you know, very selfishly to information and not comparing notes with other intelligence agencies, the fbi to the cia, what have you, that we were going to avoid that and it would lead to more such sharing that was recommended at the time. so people would all be on the same page. but it is somehow morphed into tens of thousands, maybe 200,000 individuals that have the type of security clearance, maybe not to get all of this material but a lot hoff it. yeah, i think we overcompensated for that. there was the human cry after 9-11 and justified about not sharing information. but you know, i just think in
place. it. it seems to me that it really have a gapping vulnerability. chairman of the house transportation security subcommittee new york congressman john echo is here to go on the record. good evening, sir. good evening. did you feel more secure after that hearing yesterday. no, i did not to say the least it. it was a little troubling some of his answers the fact that we can t do anything more about it is unacceptable and we have a job to protect the american people both here and abroad. we will keep looking into it and fix it be with way to protect america is not letting foreign carriers fly into the united states which would be horrendous impact on transportation. tsa does have some inspection capabilities overseas. but they do that domestically as well, of course. domestically they come in right at the beginning they come in without any forewarning and they just do checks. and overseas they have to do it about a month in advance a month notice. we can do random che
place. it. it seems to me that it really have a gapping vulnerability. chairman of the house transportation security subcommittee new york congressman john echo is here to go on the record. good evening, sir. good evening. did you feel more secure after that hearing yesterday. no, i did not to say the least it. it was a little troubling some of his answers the fact that we can t do anything more about it is unacceptable and we have a job to protect the american people both here and abroad. we will keep looking into it and fix it be with way to protect america is not letting foreign carriers fly into the united states which would be horrendous impact on transportation. tsa does have some inspection capabilities overseas. but they do that domestically as well, of course. domestically they come in right at the beginning they come in without any forewarning and they just do checks. and overseas they have to do it about a month in advance a month notice. we can do random che