community now under fire for being scooped by the new york times. the white house correspondent kevin cork is live in the nations capitol with more on this. the doj being the justice department, announcing the rest of a massachusetts air national guardsman for leaking a trove of classified intelligence documents some of them containing some of the nation s very biggest secrets. the fbi has arrested a young man by the name of jack. of the 102nd intelligence wing of the massachusetts international guard. this rest hoopenned just out asked his home. the justice department arrested texeira for remueller of classified national defense information. he will have a united states initial appearance at the u.s. district court. this investigation is gaining. ongoing says the ag. meanen time the fbi in part thanks to the help of the new york times and eve than washington post, tracking down the suspect through a trail of digital evidence left on the site discord where texeira, who
audience. welcome , all of you. thank you for being here. coming up, cormoran secretary rick perry will weigh in on biden s obsessive, dangerous push for electric vehicles that none of us want. and later, one of the previously expelled tennessee lawmakers is now in hot water. tonight, we ve got video and we ve got details. but first tonight, we start with a fox news alert. earlier today, the fbi arrested a massachusetts air national guardsman in connection with the classified documents leak. our very own kevin burke has the very latest. kevin , this is a really serious leak for a lot of reasons. we ll get into the details in a minute. absolutely. sean, you re right about that evening to you, my friend. the fbi arresting twenty one year old jack douglas tachira following the leaks online of classified documents that frankly embarrassed washington with its allies around the world. the 21 year old member of the u.s. national guard was apprehended near his home about 50 miles
told the f.b.i. had been watching him for days but then the f.b.i. was forced into action when the media published his name. he is 21 years old. joined the national guard in 2019. he held the highest level security clearance granted by the u.s. government and he now faces charges under the espionage act. dana: new york post headlines geeky leaks. why the military entrusted this information to a 21-year-old guardsman? the pentagon defending its protocol. it was a deliberate criminal act. violation of the guidelines. you receive training and you will receive an understanding of the rules and requirements that come along with those responsibilities and you are expected to abide by those rules, regulations and responsibility called military discipline. bill: reaction, john ratcliffe. peter doocy and we begin in boston with alexis mcadams. good morning from boston. we expect the suspected libellinger in court for the first time in a federal courthouse in boston and hea
on religion. that is coming up. sandra: begin with the suspected pentagon leaker appearing in federal court after being criminally charged in one of the largest intelligence leaks in american history. hello and welcome on this friday afternoon. sandra smith in new york. and bill, here we go into the last day of the week. bill: great to be with you, bill melugin in for john roberts. national guardsman jack teixeira is detained in federal custody until next week, 30 miles from his house in massachusetts, heavily armed fbi agents arrested him yesterday and found several weapons in his possession. sandra: teixeira was charged with two counts of removing and spreading classified information as prosecutors say he began sharing top secret information with a group of online gamers all the way back to december. bill: temporarily reassured officials the leak is plugged, they face growing criticism why a 21-year-old held a top security clearance with the i.t. role with the air n
but, breaking tonight, the suspect accused of leaking our nation s top secrets appearing in court for the first time today. 21-year-old national guard man for leaking and sharing classified information. we learn more about the investigation that led to his takedown as criticism mount to the methods of highly sensitive secrets to thousands of people including a 21-year-old air national guardman from texas. they are tightening the entire process. reaction. we begin alexis mcadams outside the court house. that appearance happened today in boston. good evening, alexis. very active day at the federal courthouse behind me as investigators try to figure out how a 21-year-old with a high school diploma had access to some of the country s biggest secrets. this all comes as new documents we just got a look at today show that jack teixeira might have known that the feds were on to him so much so he was trying to search in his data base. tonight 21-year-old jack teixeira remains in