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Well that did not take long, the only time Gov is competent is if you make them look bad and they go after you.
Attorney General Garland says suspect in intelligence leaks arrested "without incident"
Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed Thursday that Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested in connection with the leaking of classified documents.

"FBI agents took Teixeira into custody earlier this afternoon without incident," Garland said at a news conference.

The arrest was connected to the "alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information," Garland said.

The attorney general said Teixeira will be arraigned in a federal court.

The arrest of Jack Teixeira, 21, comes following a fast-moving search by the US government for the identity of the leaker who posted classified documents to a social media platform popular with video gamers.

Teixeira had been identified by The New York Times ahead of his arrest Thursday as the leader of the group where a trove of classified documents was posted.

Teixeira, 21, is a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. His arrest comes following a fast-moving search by the US government for the identity of the leaker who posted classified documents to a social media platform popular with video gamers.

Teixeira was first identified by The New York Times Thursday ahead of his arrest as the leader of the group where a trove of classified documents was posted.

Leaking of classified information was "deliberate criminal act," Pentagon spokesperson says
Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the leaking of a trove of classified information on social media sites was a "deliberate criminal act," and the department is looking at how it protects such information.

"We continue to review a variety of factors as it relates to safeguarding classified materials. This includes examining and updating distribution lists, assessing how and where intelligence products are shared and a variety of other steps. I would say, though, that it is it is important to understand that we do have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding classified and sensitive information," Ryder said.

"This was a deliberate criminal act, a violation of those guidelines," Ryder said.
"And so, again, I think that's important to understand that we will continue to do everything we can to ensure that the people who have a need to know, when it comes to this kind of information, have access to that. We're always going to learn from every situation. But again, this is something that will continue to look at," he continued.

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