friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. we are learning the suspect was just 21 years old and held highest level of security clearance. he shared the documents on thug. he is facing charges under the espionage act. shall ifs say he shared the documents in that chat room. alexandria hoff is live with more. alex. alexandria: 21, his age is striking. he was part of the intelligence in cape cod, charged with removal of defense information. agents descended on the 21 year old s home yesterday. teixeira was placed into custody outside without incident. the justice department arrested jack teixeira in connection with investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, and transmissal of classified information. we have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding classified and sensitive information. this was a deliberate criminal act. alexandria: this is interesting, source tells fox news plans to arrest teixeira was accelerated as new york times said
bill into law. the most egregious form of restrictions are the lack of restrictions. granger smith announced he will leave country music to pursue ministry. we lost our son, it opened my eyes. the usfl is slated for their first game tomorrow. we are not just here to play football, we want to be part of the community. steve: hour three of fox and friends and our lead story, the international guard member accused of disclosing intel secrets going to court today. brian: the fbi leading jack teixeira out of his massachusetts home at gunpoint yesterday, as fallout from the most serious security breach deepens. ainsley: from boston with the latest. good morning, this will be a big day in boston and not far from where the suspect is from, about 30 miles away from where he was arrested. this will be the first time we will see the suspected leaker in boston. how did a 21-year-old with a high school diploma have access to the country s top secrets. this is 30 miles
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
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