Investigators believe that the guardsman, who specialises in intelligence, led an online chat group where the documents were posted. 9News
on the Ukraine war has been taken into custody by federal agents, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced.
US investigators deployed tactical equipment in the arrest of a suspect over the leaked Pentagon documents. It was not immediately clear if Teixeira had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf, and a phone message left at a number believed to belong to his mother was not immediately returned., which first identified Teixeira on Thursday, said that a man who had been standing outside the Teixeira home earlier said that "he needs to get an attorney if things are flowing the way they are going right now. The Feds will be around soon, I'm sure.
The Biden administration has scrambled for days to contain the fallout from the leaked information, which has publicised potential vulnerabilities in Ukraine's air defence capabilities and exposed private assessments by allies on an array of intelligence matters.
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