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U.S. federal authorities arrested a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard for leaking highly classified military and intelligence documents.
The U.S. Department of Justice said Jack Teixeira, 21, was taken into custody early Thursday afternoon by FBI agents following the leaking of more than 100 highly classified documents leaked starting in January through the Discord messaging service. Teixeira, an employee of the U.S. Air National Guard, is accused of removing, retaining and transmitting classified national defense information. He’s due to appear in court Friday.
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