The FBI on Thursday arrested a member of the U.S. Air National Guard over the leaks online of classified U.S. documents that embarrassed Washington with allies around the world.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Jack Teixeira "in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information."
"FBI agents took Teixeira into custody earlier this afternoon without incident," Garland told reporters in a brief statement at the Justice Department.