US arrests man in probe into classified Pentagon documents leak

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US attorney general says member of US Air Force National Guard arrested in relation to leak of military intelligence.

Authorities in the United States have arrested a man in relation to the leak of classified US military intelligence documents, the US Justice Department has announced.

US Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Thursday that Jack Teixeira was arrested in connection with a probe into “alleged unauthorised removal, retention and transmission of classified national defence information”.

“Teixeira is an employee of the United States Air Force National Guard,” Garland told reporters.

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