https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65269975Jack Teixeira: National Guard airman arrested over leaked Pentagon documents
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A 21-year-old US Air Force National Guard member has been arrested over the leak of classified documents.
Jack Teixeira
is reported to be the leader of an online gaming chat group where the files were leaked.
US officials said he will be charged under the Espionage Act, which makes it a crime to transmit classified defence information.
The documents revealed sensitive intelligence about the war in Ukraine and other countries around the world.
Aerial footage showed officers making an arrest at Mr Teixeira's family home on Thursday.
The arrest happened in Dighton, a town of 8,000 people about an hour to the south of Boston.
Footage of the arrest shows a young man, believed to be Mr Teixeira, walking backward towards armed FBI officers with his hands raised before he is handcuffed and led to a car.
He is expected to make his first court appearance for an arraignment in Boston on Friday.