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Global News Podcast

FBI agents arrest US leaks suspect

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The 21-year-old is accused of leaking classified government documents. Also: President Biden addresses the Irish parliament and calls for the United Kingdom to work more closely with Dublin to support Northern Ireland, and why dinosaur bones are the new collectables among the super rich.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC Wild Service.

0:03.4

I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Friday the 14th of April, these are our main stories.

0:10.2

FBI agents have arrested a man who they believe is connected to the leak of classified government documents.

0:16.4

In an address to the Irish Parliament, President Joe Biden has said the United Kingdom should

0:22.0

be working more closely with Dublin to support Northern Ireland.

0:26.2

The Women's Tennis Association has said it will resume activities in China.

0:32.8

Also in this podcast, this is the sound of a radio program being hijacked in Russia,

0:40.4

with air-raid sirens and warnings to get to the shelters.

0:44.9

The parallel front line, we have a special report on the cyber war taking place between Russia

0:50.3

and Ukraine.

0:54.0

US investigators say they've arrested a 21-year-old man who they believe is linked to the leaking

0:59.7

of classified government documents.

1:02.3

He's been named as Jack Teixeira, a member of the intelligence wing of the US Air National

1:08.0

Guard.

1:09.0

Media reports said he was the head of an online group on which the documents first emerged.

1:14.8

It's been described as one of the worst ever security breaches of US intelligence.

1:19.6

Appentagons spokesman General Pat Ryder told journalists in Washington that the defense

1:24.0

department would be reviewing who should be given access to sensitive information.

1:28.9

We continue to review those distribution lists, update them, make sure there's a need

1:32.3

to know.

1:33.3

We have rules in place.

1:35.2

Each of us signs a nondiscuser agreement, anybody that has a security clearance.

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