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A Leak of Their Own: Military Suspect Arrested

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

FBI agents arrest a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard for leaking a trove of information. The Fifth Circuit rolls back abortion pill rules by 20 years while the U.S. appeals to the Supreme Court. And with judicial appointments hanging in the balance, some Democrats urge Sen. Dianne Feinstein to step down. Watch the Washington Post’s interview with suspect’s online acquaintance: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/12/discord-leaked-documents/ Help Start Here win a Webby Award for best episode by a News & Politics show! Vote here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2023/podcasts/individual-episodes/news-politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there! Here's some important news from Network Rail, if you're planning to catch a train

0:04.8

over the May Bank holiday weekends. From 28 April to 1 May, and from 27 May to 29 May,

0:12.8

Network Rail will be working to upgrade and improve the railway for us all.

0:17.2

And while most of the network will stay open, some train services will be affected.

0:22.1

So, be in the know before you go. Please check before you travel at

0:26.8

nationalrail.co.uk forward slash May.

0:30.4

It's Friday, April 14th. It starts with a leak then everything caves in. We start here.

0:38.4

Authorities say one of the most dangerous leaks in military history was the work of a 21-year-old

0:43.7

in the National Guard. He said they were united by their love of guns, God, and military gear.

0:51.9

A series of alleged online chats ended with a real life arrest in Massachusetts.

0:56.8

The abortion pill is still legal to make for now. I've talked with abortion rights advocates to say,

1:01.9

you know, there is no part of this that is a win for us. But a court ruling means policies could

1:06.4

be rolled back more than 20 years. And she's a legend to Democrats, so why are so many of them

1:12.3

asking her to step down? I've never seen them go in for a man who was sick in the Senate in that way.

1:18.0

Who gets to decide when someone's political career is over?

1:22.4

From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Milky.

1:34.6

There's a difference between spying and leaking. A spy is someone like Aldrich Ames who has

1:39.8

caught sending secrets to the Russians back in the 90s or Benedict Arnold helping the British back

1:44.1

in the day. Someone who's trying to help another country at the expense of their own. When you hear

1:48.2

leaker, you think Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon papers Edward Snowden and NSA data,

1:53.2

people who want to shine a light on secrets that they think the US has no right to hold.

1:58.5

There's highly sensitive material posted online.

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