National Guardsman arrested for leaking classified documents online.
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The FBI has arrested a 21-year-old member of the US Air National Guard, Jack Douglas Teixeira, for leaking classified documents online that embarrassed Washington with allies around the world. Teixeira was arrested at his home in Dighton, Massachusetts, and is expected to face criminal charges of willfully retaining and transmitting national defense information, which could carry up to 10 years' imprisonment. The leak of documents, believed to be the most serious security breach since WikiLeaks in 2010, revealed US spying on allies and purported Ukrainian military vulnerabilities.
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