room with him. sometimes taking pictures of documents on top of magazines, and then sending them out to this group really as a way to puff his chest, show everybody how he had firsthand experience with the nation s top security secrets and really knowing what war was all about. this was an online gaming platform, really centered around a love of guns. so attorney general merrick garland, charles, said in a statement that teixeira violated his oath by leaking material that could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to national security if shared. there was a story in the washington post where they talked to a friend of his who said he wasn t trying to hurt the government but he basically seemed to want to just show off his insider status, like here s what i know that you don t know. i m the one who s on top of current events. but does why he did it matter? yes, and no. in the eyes of the law it is not going to matter. in the eyes of the jury, it might.
trip in china. and we get a rare glimpse into the world of cyber operations. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the fbi says it s arrested a suspect, alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence documents. jack teixeira, who s 21, is an air national guardsman, and was arrested outside his home in massachusetts. the us attorney general, merrick garland, said he was taken into custody without incident and he d be appearing in federal court. the contents of the leaked documents, spread widely online, have been highly embarrassing for the american authorities. they lay bare security secrets, including ukrainian troop
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the fbi has arrested a suspect alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence documents. jack teixeira is a national guardsman. the us attorney general said he was taken into custody without incident and he would appear in court. the contents of the leaked documents have been embarrassing for the american authorities and lay bare security secrets, including ukrainian troop deployment and the extent of american spying on its own allies. here is our correspondent. a week after the leaks first appeared and a arrest in massachusetts. with the media already naming the suspect, fbi agents swooped in. the
they lay bare security secrets, including ukrainian troop deployments against russian forces, and the extent of american spying on it s own allies. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams has more. a week after the leaks first appeared, and arrest on the suburban streets of massachusetts. with the media already naming the suspect, fbi agents swooped in. the young man at the centre of the most serious breach of american security in years, giving himself up without a struggle. jack teixeira is 21. he works for the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard. ., , the massachusetts air national guard. ., g , . guard. today, the justice department guard. today, the justice department arrested - guard. today, the justice i department arrested jack guard. today, the justice i department arrested jack to share over the connection of an investigation into an alleged unauthorised removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defence information. classified nation