The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Mark Warner, calls for a central entity to oversee the classification process of classified documents following a leak of documents in an online chat group by a US Air National Guardsman. Warner says that too many people have access to classified documents, and a smaller universe is needed to ensure better control and protection of government secrets.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the arrest made "in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information." Garland confirmed that Teixeira is an employee of the United States Air Force National Guard, and said FBI agents took him into custody "without incident."