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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 defense 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 yesterday.
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 vehicle. END