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Data Leak Suspect, Abortion Doctors, North Korea Missile Test

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4.552.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

21-year-old Air National Guardsman, Jack Teixeira will appear in court on charges of leaking classified documents. Some doctors are saying the back-and-forth legal battles over abortion rights are complicating medical care for patients. And, North Korea says it tested a new powerful type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that could be a game changer for the country's military.

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0:00.0

The man suspected of leaking sensitive Pentagon documents is showing up in court today.

0:06.9

How did a 20-year-old with a high school diploma and just a few years of experience in the

0:11.6

National Guard access highly classified documents?

0:15.0

I'm Layla Falded, that's Michelle Martin and this is a first from NPR News.

0:22.5

North Korea tested a new ballistic missile that launches faster and travels further.

0:31.0

It's just going to be much much harder for the United States to ultimately find and destroy

0:35.7

these missiles in a conflict.

0:37.1

What does this mean for diplomacy around denuclearization?

0:40.0

And how are doctors dealing with the back and forth legal battle over women's reproductive rights?

0:45.3

Generally, it's just been chaos, frankly.

0:49.3

Stay with us, we'll give you the news you need to start your day.

1:01.4

The man suspected of leaking top secret military documents on social media is doing court today

1:06.8

in Massachusetts. The documents revealed US assessments of the war in Ukraine as well as

1:11.4

sensitive secrets about American allies.

1:14.1

FBI agents swarmed the family home of Jack Tashira, a 21-year-old member of

1:19.2

the Massachusetts Air National Guard. And the arrest followed a week-long search for the person

1:23.4

who exposed Pentagon secrets. So what do we know about the accused leaker?

1:28.4

NPR Cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin has been reporting on all this and is with us now

1:33.0

to tell us more good morning Jenna. Good morning. So this is a fast-moving story,

1:36.9

so if you would first just walk us through the timeline.

1:40.0

Absolutely, so the search for Jack Tashira has been a whirlwind.

1:44.0

Everyone's been working backwards to try to find the original source of these documents,

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