Merrick Garland has confirmed armed FBI officers have arrested a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard over the alleged leak of classified military intelligence online.<br /><br />The Attorney General said: “Today the Justice Department arrested Jack Douglas Teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention and transmission of classified national defence information.<br /><br />“FBI agents took Teixeira into custody earlier this afternoon without incident.”<br /><br />Hundreds of pages of classified military intelligence have been shared with an online gaming group before becoming public in a string of disclosures last week.
