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
conversation, equipped with antennas, solar panels and all gathering intel and monitoring communications. why did the administration allow it to hover over sensitive military sites? the senate panel got this answer to that question yesterday. one of the things i think that is different from our country than you can look at historical examples is we think before we shoot and in this case we thought before we shot. neither side of the aisle seemed to be satisfied with that. listen. as an alaskan i am so angry. i want to use other words, but i am not going to. this administration owes americans answers not only on what happened this past week but on what steps they will take to insure this never happens again. the truth is, we think we know what they were going to collect. we don t know. that scares the hell out of me. we get more information by the hour now about what exactly these spy craft capabilities are. president biden, though, said he is no longer concerned
flight and the scope of the beijing surveillance operation raising concerns about our national security. we are getting new images showing federal agents pouring over the remnants of the spy flight as the u.s. continues efforts to see just how extensive the surveillance capabilities were peer sources confirm to fox news at the craft had western made parts with english writing although it s not clear if the writing was discovered before or after it was shot down or in the wreckage. now yesterday the state department revealed that the chinese spy craft shot down by fighter jets was likely capable of listening in on america s munication s. and pinpointing the location of those conversations as it flew across america. official say it was part of a fleet that had flown over more than 40 countries and across five continents. now, that was a far cry from china s claim that it is just a weather balloon. but president biden downplay the incident in an interview with telemundo telling
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