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NYT: Here’s what we know about the leader of the online group where secret documents were leaked.

F.B.I. Arrests National Guardsman in Leak of Classified Documents

Authorities say Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, posted sensitive materials in an online chat group.

Haley WillisThomas Gibbons-NeffAric Toler, Christiaan TriebertJulian E. Barnes and NY Times

NORTH DIGHTON, Mass. — The F.B.I. arrested a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard on Thursday in connection with the leak of dozens of highly classified documents containing an array of national security secrets, including the breadth of surveillance the United States is able to conduct on Russia.

Airman First Class Jack Douglas Teixeira was taken into custody to face charges of leaking classified documents after federal authorities said he had posted batches of sensitive intelligence to an online gaming chat group, called Thug Shaker Central.

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