junior enlisted member of the massachusetts air national guard may have had access to some of the country s secrets and striking that the leaked material first surfaced online in a venue widely used by gamers in a group the suspect led, possibly for the benefit of just a few dozen members lot to cover tonight. cnn s jason carroll starts us off in the suspect s hometown. so how did authorities identified this person and how did the arrest unfold? well, let s start with the arrest anderson it happened here. indictment massachusetts just south of boston. you can see law enforcement still here on maple street. this is the street where the suspect jack to share a lived with his mother. the arrest went down late this afternoon. camera cameras were up above. as it all happened. you can see the suspect being taken into custody by the fbi hands above his head wearing red shorts. slowly backing into the custody of fbi agents also want to let you know what we know about the suspect so f
illinois republican congressman. andrew sources telling cnn. the suspects in this case was under surveillance for at least a couple of days before his arrest. does it surprise you that i mean, given what you know about national security that someone at this rank would have access like this? it s a little curious anderson. it s not. i don t think it s unprecedented, and we still have a lot to learn about exactly how this individual came in contact with these, uh pieces of intelligence . it may be that he had a security access to a certain level because he needed as a as a cyber kind of i t person he needed access to the systems. uh that needed maintenance and skiffs or in other areas where intelligence is processed, but he may not have been the actual designated recipient of any of these pieces of intelligence. he may have pulled him out of the burn bags or taking them off people s desks and use them for his own purpose. so we really have a lot to learn going