and it was all apparently to impress a bunch of his teenage friends in a video game chat room. the washington post interviewing one of the members, who says teixeira acted like a father figure to the group during covid. it felt like i was on top of mount everest. it felt like i was above everybody else, to some degree, in that i would be able to brag to some people that i knew stuff that they didn t. he is not interested in helping any foreign agencies with their attack on the u.s. or other countries. he was a young, charismatic man, who loved nature, god, and bottom line, if they want these to be private, it is because they have something to hide. dana: so, the biden administration appears to have been caught flat-footed by this leak. teixeira was essentially an i.t. worker with the highest level of clearance and access to military intel systems. we had been circulating information for months on line with the pentagon only learning about it last week through the media.
tonight jacqui line rake traveling with the president in ireland with white house capitol hill reaction as well david spunt be at the justice department. we begin with diswrerch griffin at the pentagon with our story. cyber reporters beat the fbi to the front door of the alleged leaker forcing the surveillance team to accelerator its plans for rearsz outside of the alleged leaker s family home in massachusetts late this afternoon alleged leaker identified as jack of the massachusetts air national guard. according to the air force promoted last july. worked as transport systems journey man. cybersecurity expert. that s how he gained access to some of the nation s biggest secrets. we do have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding classified and sensitive information. this was a deliberate criminal act. the washington post tracked down a member of the online chat group that teixeira led for the past few years. any claims that he is a russian operative or pro-russ
began posting that intelligence to a small group of gamers. you heard me right, gamers on a platform called discord. they were all sworn to secrecy. they couldn t keep it though. what happens now? jennifer griffin is at the pentagon and what she s hearing. chris swecker on the investigation that is just starting. former secretary of state mike pompeo on the damage all of the world this is still creating. and glenn youngkin on part of that damage that he s determined to stop. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. so much to piece together and piece together we shall. beginning with jennifer griffin with how this all went down at the pentagon. jennifer? neil, journalists for the new york times and washington have honed in on the leaker faster than the fbi that arrived at his house in massachusetts this afternoon. the alleged leaker was identified by attorney general merrick garland as 21-year-old jacks teixeira of the 102nd intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national
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