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🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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John Brennan, former CIA director and NBC News senior national security and intelligence analyst, discusses the blowout from the recent Pentagon documents leak and measures the intelligence community is taking to prevent a similar incident. Retired Lieutenant General and NBC News Military Analyst Stephen Twitty explains the damage the leak may have on our relationship with Ukraine. NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Julie Tsirkin speaks to three Republican lawmakers who are introducing a new bill targeting human trafficking. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	If it's Tuesday, new revelations, new fears, and new demands for answers as the Biden administration faces the fallout from a massive leak of highly sensitive intelligence documents.
0:13.1	Plus, America's gun problem again in the spotlight as new details emerge in yesterday's mass shooting in Louisville.
0:19.4	And one of the lawmakers expelled following the mass shooting in Louisville, and one of the lawmakers expelled following
0:21.6	the mass shooting in Nashville is reinstated. And the Biden administration races against the clock
0:28.3	as it tries to prevent a nationwide ban on a widely used abortion pill following that blockbuster
0:33.8	decision by a federal judge in Texas.
0:48.1	Thank you. blockbuster decision by a federal judge in Texas. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington. The Biden administration is
0:52.2	scrambling to deal with the fallout as we're learning
0:54.8	more about the scope of the classified Pentagon documents that were leaked online. And top lawmakers
1:00.2	are now demanding answers. The full impact of the leak remains unclear, but could be the most
1:05.4	serious breach of U.S. intelligence since Edward Snowden. Right now, Secretary Austin and Blinken are
1:10.7	holding an event
1:11.4	here in Washington, where they are expected to take questions. We will be keeping an eye on that for you.
1:17.0	The top Republican and Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee issued a joint statement
1:21.3	saying they are deeply concerned about the leak while demanding more information from the White
1:25.9	House and a formal briefing. NBC News has
1:28.4	obtained more than 50 of these documents, many of the marked top secret. The Pentagon says they are
1:33.7	reviewing the documents, but they're also cautioning. Some of them appear to have been altered.
1:38.5	The State Department is warning about the added risk of misinformation.
1:43.6	Fake information being out there can, of course,
1:46.0	still be a threat to national security.
1:48.0	U.S. officials across the interagency are engaging with allies and partners
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