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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