Suspect Jack Teixeira, in T-shirt and shorts, being taken into custody in Dighton, Massachusetts on Thursday. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Teixeira would be charged with unauthorized removal of classified national defense information. (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — The suspect was relatively easy to find.
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.
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