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The FBI on Thursday arrested an employee of the U.S. Air Force National Guard over the leaks of highly sensitive U.S. government documents online that embarrassed Washington with allies around the world...
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the FBI arrested the man, Jack Teixeira, in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information...
The FBI said its agents had made an arrest and were conducting authorized law enforcement activity at a residence in North Dighton, Massachusetts...
Video images played on news channels showed heavily armed officers in Massachusetts accompanying a young man wearing a gray t-shirt and bright red shorts into a waiting car..
The New York Times earlier reported that Teixeira was a National Guardsman who led Thug Shaker Central, an online group where about 20 to 30 people shared their love of guns, racist memes and video games..
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