Alleged source of US intelligence leaks named by media

The fishy successful the leaking of highly delicate US defence and quality documents is named arsenic Jack Teixeira, US officials archer CBS News.

The New York Times earlier reported that the person of an online gaming chat radical wherever the files leaked successful caller months had the aforesaid name.

The insubstantial said helium is simply a 21-year-old subordinate of the quality helping of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.

Its study did not place Mr Teixeira arsenic the alleged leaker.

The New York Times cited interviews with different members of the online group, 1 of whom said helium had known the idiosyncratic who leaked the files for astatine slightest 3 years.

The FBI has not identified a fishy successful the leak.

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