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♪ ♪ >> byron: good evening. thank you for joining us. we begin tod tonight with a development in the league of highly classified military documents. that rocked the intelligence community and their allies around the world. the department of justice says it was not a spy or a foreign power whose but the top-secret trove online. it was a 21-year-old national air guardsman, an i.t. specialist. >> the justice department arrested jack douglas teixeira in connection to an investigation, retention and transmission, classified initial defensive information. >> byron: the investigation into who leaked a massive trove of classified material from the pentagon breaking wide open today.

this afternoon, heavily armed swat team arrested 21-year-old jack douglas shatera. >> teixeira is an employee of the national guard. >> dan: was seen here reading as law enforcement closed in. sign that massive leak exploded in to the headlines last week, authorities have been on the hunt for who released military secrets online. most of which were marked top-secret. the move sent shockwaves through the intelligence community and creating an international crisis. >> we continue to work around the clock to understand the scope, scale and impact of these leaks. >> byron: the government's is the culprit was a low ranking enlisted airmen to an i.t. specialist. photos of the documents revealed online many of which abc news has chosen not to show indicate that u.s. may have been spying not just on an adversaries but also on our allies like israel and south korea. even ukraine.

the documents include detailed information of the war in ukraine, iran's nuclear program, china and north korea. >> countries across the globe spy on friends and foe alike. that is not unusual. when it is disclosed, however, can cause sensitivities in vital relationships. >> byron: john cone was the acting dhs under secretary for intelligence and the biden administration. >> there are two concerns from the national security perspective. does the content that is contained in these documents cause damage to national security? more importantly, does the information in these documents disclose sources and methods? do they tell our adversaries how we collect information? because if our adversaries understand how we collect information, it can lead to the death of human sources. >> byron: administration official scramble to get to the follow-up printed by responding this morning. >> president biden: i'm not concerned. i'm concerned that it happened. but there's nothing

contemporaneous that i'm aware of that is [indistinct] >> byron: teixeira was stationed in nashville because massachusetts. his role was described to abc news as combat i.t. >> the fact that a young member of the military allegedly was able to remove classified documents from a secured facility to photograph those documents and to post them online, that illustrates a very significant vulnerability in our national security apparatus. >> byron: power to teixeira's arrest, the washington post reported them in behind the leak is a "young charismatic gun enthusiast who is part of a server group on the social media platform discord where the sensitive documents were first shared. the post folk -- spoke of the teenagers appearing in a chat. says he was a member of the same discord group as the leaker. >> when i first found out that these were public, i felt like my heart was beating out of its chest.

we did not realize the sheer just immense nature of these leaks. >> byron: the teen calls leaker o.g. and says he started putting classified information to their discord group last fall. >> i was made of -- made aware of the documents six to eight months ago. the documents were often listed as ukraine versus russia at first. however, slowly spiraled into just intelligence. >> byron: the teenager also told the post o.g. showed these documents to show off, not to be a whistleblower. >> i spoke to o.g. about two days ago. he signed off saying that he did not want to be associated with any of us to bring anything bad to him or to bring anything bad to us. >> byron: the alleged leaker will make his first court appearance in massachusetts tomorrow. if mystics of highly sensitive information have a plate of the u.s. decades past. some of the biggest and most

polarizing include those done by chelsea manning in 2010, edward snowden in 2013, and reality winner in 2017. former air force linguist and nsa contractor was sentenced to five years in federal prison in 2018 for linking classified documents of alleged russian interference of the 2016 presidential election. she defended her actions on 60 minutes. >> i'm not a traitor. i am not a spy. i am somebody who only acted out of love for what this country stands for. >> byron: edward snowden working for the nsa lead to thousands of documents about u.s. intelligence agencies surveillance on american citizens. >> snowden is a traitor. >> byron: in an interview, snowden defended his actions. >> we should always make a distinction that right and wrong is a very different standard

than legal and illegal. >> byron: after a are looking to the press, snowden sought asylum and russia. if he were to return to the u.s., he faces up to 35 years in federal person. >> so many people call you a traitor. many call you a hero. who is chelsea manning? >> i'm just me. >> byron: jesse madden is the former military intelligence analyst convicted of 20 charges including espionage for linking the largest trove of classified documents in u.s. history to wikileaks. michael maker juju chang said she withdrew after her release from prison. her sentence commuted by former president barack obama in 2017. while working as an intelligence analyst, manning says she saw the horrors of war unfold in classified material and she later leaked to the public. >> reporter: you decide to break the law. what was it that you were seeing that could compel you to do that? >> i stop seeing just statistics

and information and i started seeing people. >> this disclosure is not just an attack on america's foreign policy interests. it is an attack on the international community. >> do not think any of it was going to threaten national security? >> no. >> byron: with some of the documents manning leaks were ultimately found in osama bin laden's pakistan compound >> juju: you may have given information to our enemies. >> i have a responsibility to the public. it is not black and white. it is complicated. >> byron: there's still a lot to learn about this latest document leaked. scope or the motive. and questions remain about how the government will protect classified information in the social media age. the pentagon today defending their protocols. >> we do have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding classified and sensitive information.

this was a deliberate criminal act, a violation of those guidelines. >> this instance will result in a hard look at our national security protocols as it relates to safeguarding classified information and hopefully will result in significant changes to -- so that our most sensitive secrets can be better protected. ♪ ♪ >> byron: abc news will have coverage of tomorrow his court appearance. up next, explants busting free. why celebrities are removing their implants. what is behind the trend? ♪ ♪ i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ with skyrizi, most people who achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months... had lasting clearance through 1 year. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections, or a lower ability to fight them, may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to.

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myself i'm going to focus on three things. so i put in my mindset. worked out. sobriety and the bible. that is it. so with those three things combined, that is where i think everything starts to trickle down. to really figure out who is angela? because you get so sucked into the entertainment industry and everybody calling you. >> blac chyna. >> zohreen: blac chyna. there's that and you kind of lose yourself. ♪ ♪ >> zohreen: after working on her inner self, she is focusing on her exterior. looking to reverse years of cosmetic work. >> thank you so much. i'm so happy. so happy. this is like a thursday. i called my doctor. when can i take this out? control for years, body model blac chyna has been synonymous with a look. ♪ ♪ drake even wrote about her on

his debut album. >> he mentioned me in his song. ♪ or something ♪ >> zohreen: now she is looking to reverse the look that catapulted her to stardom. >> zohreen: my features started to come out like the cheekbones. so with all of the filler, that started to really protrude out and my face has become more slimmer. even my body was not happy the way how i looked. because i did these things, you know, to make me happy which is -- has served its purpose. you know what i mean? now that it has served its purpose, i'm cutting ties with it so i can move on to the check -- next chapter of my life. good morning. >> zohreen: chyna is taking her instagram followers for the ride. she has gotten her implants

removed. >> i got my breasts reduced. control from a double d to a c. it is not just blac chyna. it is a surprising trend. for a long time, people did not talk about plastic surgery. >> do you accept this rose? >> zohreen: many celebs are shown that opening like the former bachelorette. >> i was like, oh, my gosh. i can't believe i got to that point. >> zohreen: danica patrick. >> i thought to myself, i want to share this if it makes a difference. >> zohreen: chrissy teigen bared it all on instagram. i'm getting my boobs out. i would like to lay on my belly with pure comfort and many more coming clean. >> enough is enough. it all has to come out. >> zohreen: blac chyna said her

kids inspired her. >> zohreen: i don't -- >> i don't want my son to see craziness about his mom or my six-year-old daughter seen something crazy. i really want to be a positive impact for them, like, stability, look at the strongest. i want to be there for my kids. >> zohreen: the other big milestones, getting baptized last year. and later becoming dr. angela white. she attended seminary and got a phd in liberal arts. blac chyna's a large company, the american society of plastic surgeons as in 2020, texas surgeons removed more than 36,000 breast implant augmentations. still one of the most popular cosmetic procedures, the number of breast augmentation surgeries has decreased in the last few years while the number of explants is rising.

♪ ♪ >> ironically, we get referrals for teenagers who are dealing with low self-esteem issues and securities those insecurities. i can relate to some of that. >> zohreen: she works as a licensed clinical social worker for a school district in l.a. she decided to remove implants she got when she was 25. >> i had my insecurities growing up. i would see a beautiful woman on tv and i think i grew up thinking that is when a woman is supposed to look like and i was small. i remember vividly coming home and i was like strapped and i could not moved. >> zohreen: dr. kevin brennan says for many, it is more than a change of heart. >> rest augmentation surgery has lots of potential complications. >> zohreen: experts recommend removing or replacing implants to vent obligations. it is a complication you have

probably heard about is breast implant illness. >> it is a term for constellation of symptoms that women have an a tribute to having breast implants. some of the most common symptoms that people have our brain fog, joint pain, hair loss, what we call autonomic nervous system dysfunction. 30 or 50 symptoms. >> zohreen: the fda is tracking symptoms associated with breast implant syndrome. it was two years after her initial consultation was -- with dr. brenner that she decided she would get expand surgery -- explant surgery. it took dr. bronner six hours to complete the surgery. now she is funny to those able to take a deep breath.

>> i talked to myself and i said it is going to be fine. i just have to heal. >> all right, i'm still on my heels. >> zohreen: angela white is continuing to work on herself. she is hoping to lead the way? i. >> beauty fades. fashion phase. it is a new cushion every sea season. your brain and your mindset that you're going to have that for the rest of your life. start living your truth. you can't touch me. i'm living in my truth. >> byron: and thanks to zohreen. for more of blac chyna's journey to watch "implant by nightline now streaming on hulu. new episodes drop every thurs thursday. up next, fashion innovator, the life and legacy of mary quandt, the mother of the miniskirt. ms. to help protect from hiv. i prep without pills. with apretude, a prescription medicine used to reduce

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♪ ♪ >> byron: find the tonight, fashion every -- fashion visionary, mary quant, known as the mother of the miniskirt her cells epitomized london fashion. the swinging '60s setting trends around the world. she is credited with popularizing the miniskirt. some say she invented it. her impact on fashion compared to the beatles and popular mus music. >> and being introduced by mary quant. >> byron: she was one of the first designers to understand the importance of branding, branching out into home furnishings and cosmetics. quant's family since she died

peacefully at home today in southern england. she was 93. and that is "nightline" for this evening. catch full episodes on hulu. we will see you back here sometime tomorrow. thanks for the company, america. good night.