RIGHT NOW: After a suspect was taken into custody in Mass. in a federal classified document leak probe, watch the U.S. attorney general give a statement.
Jack Teixeira, 21, was arrested in the Pentagon leak investigation, a law enforcement official confirmed to WNBC and NBC News. A person was seen being taken into custody at a home connected to Teixeira Tuesday afternoon.that Teixeira was being investigated as the suspected leaker.
The Massachusetts Air National Guard referred questions to the Department of Justice and FBI. The FBI declined to give a comment; U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who leads the Department of Justice, was set to speak Thursday afternoon. "It is important to understand that we do have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding classified and sensitive information," Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said."This was a deliberate criminal act, a violation of those guidelines."
While in Dublin, Ireland, President Joe Biden was asked about the investigation into who may have leaked secret military documents online.
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