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Former IT specialist, 21, arrested on Thursday is accused of intelligence leak believed to have started on Discord

In trying to identify who was behind a major leak, federal agents had access to online clues that led to a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman.

The U.S. government and its allies are reeling from the discovery that the suspected source of a major intelligence breach is a 21-year-old National Guardsman.

Spokesperson Patrick Ryder says US personnel in YPG/PKK ringleader's convoy are in northern Iraq as part of 'defeat ISIS mission' - Anadolu Ajansı

In trying to identify who was behind a breach of classified documents, federal agents and journalists had access to clues that led to the suspect.

The case of Jack Teixeira, a junior Massachusetts airman, in the leaking of classified documents raises broader questions about whether the term ‘top secret’ is actually even secret, and whether national security agencies have allowed their sensitive material to drift too far afield

The guardsman, an IT specialist identified as 21-year-old Jack Teixeira, was taken into custody without incident.

The U.S. government and its allies are reeling from the discovery that the suspected source of a major intelligence breach is a 21-year-old National Guardsman.

In a social media world that produces traceable digital fingerprints, it didn't take long for federal authorities and journalists adept at sifting through data to land on the name of Jack Teixeira.

The US military says 11 more troopers have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following attacks in Syria last month.