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The FBI is celebrating a major victory. They have finally done something right, they have found the person of interest involved in the Pentagon’s classified document leak scandal. Stay tuned to find out who it is and why it matters.

FBI investigators have apprehended the 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard member, Jack Teixeira, who is believed to have leaked classified national defense information of the highest level. His alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of sensitive Pentagon documents have caused the biggest intelligence leak in nearly a decade. 

Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed that Teixeira had been arrested without incident in North Dighton, Massachusetts. 

He now faces charges relating to the unauthorized release of top secret US government information, a crime so serious it carries a 10-year prison sentence. His arrest marks the most embarrassing security breach for any US administration since the WikiLeaks scandal of 2013.

Teixeira, who allegedly published the classified documents under the username ‘Jack the dripper,’ was a junior member of the intelligence wing. 

Despite his lower ranking, he had the highest level of access to top secret information, setting him up as a significant risk to national security. To make matters worse, Teixeira is said to have been the ringleader of an online chat group where he leaked the classified material.

The FBI was unforgiving in its response to the breach, issuing an unusually blunt statement promising to identify, pursue, and hold accountable anyone who betrays the country’s trust. Incredibly, the FBI is still conducting an investigation into his residence, determined to root out any other individuals involved in this egregious act of betrayal.

In the aftermath of the news breaking, Teixeira’s identity was revealed by the New York Times, leading to further scrutiny from FBI agents. The discovery was made after the classified information began to circulate online, causing further damage to the US intelligence community’s reputation. 

Investigations led to Teixeira’s childhood home in Bristol, Massachusetts, a residence which sources said matched photos of the sensitive files on US intelligence and the Ukraine war.

Teixeira, who was working out of a base in Cape Cod, had been taking more night shifts, according to his mother, Dawn. He was responsible for transporting cybersecurity equipment, providing him with the necessary access to undertake his nefarious plans.

In news helicopter footage, agents in heavily-armed vehicles placed the suspect, who was wearing red shorts, into an unmarked sport utility vehicle.

All top secret leakers should be held accountable to the full extent, that without a doubt. However, what on everyone’s minds here is how this administration has been so selective on which leaks to be particularly harsh on. We are almost a year into the Roe V Wade leak and we still have no answer to that. Will we ever? Assuming the person who may have done it may belong to a particular party?

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