"Leak suspect's detention sparks outrage over national security"

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"Leak suspect's detention sparks outrage over national security"
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Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, has been charged with possessing classified documents related to national security and national defense materials. Teixeira was arrested on Thursday and has held top-secret security clearance since 2021. The FBI affidavit supporting his arrest revealed that he used his government computer to search for classified intelligence reporting on the word "leak" on April 6, the same day the first media reports about the leak were published. Teixeira's next court appearance is set for Wednesday.

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