From Washington: U.S. Intelligence Leak Causes National Security Stir

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🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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A trove of classified documents was posted to the gaming social media platform Discord in recent months, leading the FBI to launch a probe investigating the origins of the leak. On Thursday, FBI agents arrested Massachusettes Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who is currently being investigated for the removal and transmission of the intelligence. President of IRIS Independent Research and FOX News Contributor Dr. Rebecca Grant shares her takeaways from the leak. She discusses how the information was accessed, and what the leak tells us about the current landscape in Ukraine. This week, a federal appeals court placed limitations on the use and distribution of the abortion pill Mifepristone. The drug's manufacturer, Danco Laboratories, has asked the Supreme Court to preserve access to the pill. The ruling comes as various state legislatures impose new restrictions and protections for abortion, leading many lawmakers to weigh in on what the federal government's role in reproductive care should be. Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) discusses the politics surrounding the court's decision on the Mifepristone, how the issue of abortion is impacting the Republican party, and why she suggests that the FDA should ignore the latest ruling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Saturday, April 14, 2023, I'm Jared Halpern. A young air national guardsman is in custody accused
0:12.1	of leaking damaging military secrets to an online chat group.
0:16.0	You know, what's really sad and ironic is that on paper, this young man is a perfect fit
0:22.6	for the Air Force. He's young, he's fit, he's a digital native.
0:26.7	An abortion restrictions and abortion access are reshaping the political landscape and
0:31.8	a Republican Congresswoman warns her party is at risk of losing support.
0:36.4	We're very harsh and critical as opposed to being more compassionate towards women who
0:41.0	are in situations that they don't want to be in.
0:43.6	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.
0:57.1	One of the biggest breaches of national security secrets in years appears to be the work of
1:01.6	a young Massachusetts Air National Guardsman. The FBI arrested 21-year-old Jack Teixeira
1:07.6	Thursday afternoon. Months after federal prosecutors say he began posting photographs of classified
1:13.5	information on a private chat room hosted by Discord, a social media service popular
1:19.2	in the gaming community. At a court appearance, Friday, Teixeira did not inter-apply, the
1:24.6	charges related to the espionage act for the unauthorized removal, retention and dissemination
1:30.5	of national defense information. His family watched the short proceeding and Teixeira told
1:35.4	his father he loved him as he was led out of the courtroom. A judge ordered him held
1:40.6	in federal detention. The leaks themselves have opened up fresh questions about the Ukrainian
1:46.2	war effort against Russia in a forced diplomats to deal with reassuring allies about the
1:51.3	potential damage.
1:52.8	This was a damaging leak, no question, because of the embarrassment to our allies, the embarrassment
1:58.9	to the U.S., the embarrassment of having its 21-year-old alleged mole.
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