The FBI on Thursday arrested the person suspected of recently leaking sensitive Pentagon documents related to espionage and Ukraine’s war against Russia.
Officials have identified the suspect as Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said FBI agents took Teixeria into custody without incident in North Dighton, Massachusetts.
The leaked documents started appearing last year on a Discord online chat group called Thug Shaker Central.
Teixeria, who was reportedly and systems operator or IT worker, is allegedly responsible for uploading hundreds of pages of sensitive documents into the chat group, which had about 20 to 30 members, most of whom were young men who shared a love of guns, video games and racist memes.
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