Suspect charged in Pentagon documents leak case

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🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The 21-year-old suspect in the leak of classified Pentagon documents made his first appearance in federal court and has been charged under the Espionage Act. Jack Teixeira is accused of unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal of classified information and defense materials. CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller tells Anderson Cooper how the FBI was able to track down the suspect so fast. Plus, Justice Samuel Alito temporary extended access to an abortion drug while the Supreme Court considers the case. CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst Joan Biskupic joins AC360 to discuss Justice Alito’s decision and calls it “very sensible.”

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0:00.0	Good evening. Tonight we learned a lot more about the Air National Guardsmen. Federal
0:05.3	authorities say is responsible for perhaps the worst leak of classified material in a decade.
0:10.1	Airman first class Jack DeShare's family had nothing to say leaving federal court today
0:14.1	in Boston. Earlier they watched him brought in shackles before judge. He entered no plea
0:19.5	to a pair of charges under the espionage act. Unauthorized retention and transmission
0:24.3	of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents
0:29.3	from material. He'll remain in custody until the detention hearing next Wednesday. As
0:34.1	the hearing ended, a man in the courtroom shouted, love you Jack DeShare did not look back
0:39.0	but responded you too dad. According to the government's court filing on seal today,
0:43.7	the IT Specialist received top secret security clearance in 2021 and may have had access
0:49.3	to more sensitive material. The filing says he, quote, maintained sensitive compartment
0:54.1	to access to other highly classified programs. End quote. And that he began posting classified
0:59.3	documents in December of last year. They showed up on the social media platform discord.
1:05.0	The filing says he used his real name and home address and his billing information on the site.
1:09.2	President Biden today issued a statement saying in part, I've directed our military intelligence
1:13.4	community to take steps to further secure and limit distribution of sensitive information
1:18.5	and our national security team is closely coordinating with our partners and allies. He also
1:22.8	weighed in late today on his way home from Ireland. There's no way to predict how long an
1:28.9	investigation will take. Well, I don't think it's going to take very long. I think we're getting
1:33.7	to the bottom of quicker than I think you know.
1:36.7	John is now with his own new reporting stand chief intelligence and law enforcement analyst,
1:41.1	John Miller. You've learned more about how the FBI was able to track down the suspect.
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