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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 stil...

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 pers...

Know, mentioned a few minutes ago. motivations for leaks usually fall under one of four categories. money ideology, compromise or ego ego sort of seemed like the most likely factor here. based on on what we know so far again. 100% i mean, it was, you know, initially, i kind of thought maybe it's ideology, so maybe there are reports a little that he's kind of anti government maybe anti the russian war. but it sounds like he was just trying to impress his buddies and look at, you know, 21 year old with access to this intel. most people would be kind of proud. they have access to the intel, assum...

Forward about exactly how this guy went about what he did. congressman given your member of the international guard. i mean, does it does it surprise you that someone of his age and rank would have this access? i think what you just heard from andrew is probably pretty accurate, which is, my guess would be so initially, when i heard about this. i assumed he worked in the vault. we call the skiff the vault in the military side of it on the pilot side or that he was like an intel troop. the fact that he was cyber leads me to believe he either had access to the vault or, as andrew suggested he ha...