ira allegedly after the government knew about the leaks and were desperately trying to find out who was behind it. we learned all that and more after 21 year old tixeira made his appearance in court today. jonathan shunt live in or wes coast news room with all the details. it was a brief court appearance for the accused leaker today in federal court in boston beginning a likely lengthy legal process and potentially a very long prison sentence. if 21 year old jack tixeira if he is found guilty under the espionage act. there are very serious penalties with that. sign there s if you try toep does he need its thisg mants goo astounding torting this ist forw look are. serious consequences that this country faces. we live in an extremely dangerous world and we are probably the most attractive jewel on the planet, and it s essential that we have intelligence agencies operating to make sure that we americans are what i have thought about sharing whether it was on a game site
that the government knew about the leaks and were desperatelyw trying to find out who wasg to fi remember, the new york timesnd beat them to . we learned all that and more after twenty one year old his irst appearance in court today. fox newn cours chief correspo jonathan is live in our westm coast newsroom with all the details. jonathan detail, good evening. it was a brief court appearance for the accused leaker today in federal court in boston, beginning a likely lengthy legal process and potentially a very long prison sentence. for twenty one year old jack tachira. if he is ultimately found guilty under the espionage act or very serious penalties associated with that. ou people who sign agreements to be able to receive classified documents acknowledge the importance to the national security of not disclosing those documents. and we intend to to send thatele message. toda released today showed that the gaming the fbi to tachira, who , despite his age and low leveld h ra
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