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Pentagon on document leak: "This was a deliberate criminal act"

Federal law enforcement officials have identified a suspect in the leaking of secret defense and intelligence documents that have circulated online for weeks, three U.S. officials tell CBS News. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon's press secretary, called the disclosures "a deliberate criminal act" but declined to comment further at a briefing on Thursday.
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