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cnn newsroom. i m abby phillip in washington to very serious charges for that 21 year old air national guardsman accused of leaking a trove of sensitive classified documents online. you can see there jack to share as parents outside of the courthouse this morning in boston. there, son was in shackles facing a judge less than 24 hours after he peacefully surrendered to a swarm of heavily armed fbi agents. prosecutors revealed today that to share a had a top secret clearance since 2021 that he allegedly leaked the alleged leading began long afterward in a online discord group. the pentagon says that this was a deliberate criminal act, and the new court documents show that members of that chat group gave the fbi information that could be key to making that case. cnn s natasha bertrand is at the pentagon, natasha so lay out what the charges that he s facing our yeah, abby, so he did appear in court in massachusetts this morning, and he was officially charged with two separa ....
Vetting appropriate, abby? yeah lots of questions there on that exact point, natasha bertrand, thank you very much. and the president just issued a new statement. in part, it reads, quote. i have directed our military and intelligence community to take steps to further secure and limit distribution of sensitive information, and our national security team is closely coordinating with our partners and our allies. now let s bring in our former director of national intelligence, james clapper. director clapper. many of our viewers will remember you were the nation s spy chief during the edward snowden leak that was one of the biggest in u. s history. i wonder what do you think this case is in comparison to that? well i mean , you know, i don t know the full extent of the current breach, but from one over, seen and read. i don t think this is nearly as serious as the revelations of edward snowden both in terms of volume because ....