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
temporary, provisional or permanent but likely to provide his commander access to the joint worldwide intelligence communication system, the dod uses. i will say one of the things that dod looking at this issue on the civilian side, when we talk about agencies like the c.i.a. and the n.s.a. and the f.b.i., you have to go through and be polygraphed. insider threat protocols to limit these things. not so easy on the d.o.d. side where you see young men and women because they are helping provide access across the military at the unit level, some of those insider threat precautions that would prevent this aren t in place. probably need to be in place. an overcomprehensive review of how on the d.o.d. side we re sharing information and who is getting access to this tssci most sensitive information is