in d.c., mark fitzpatrick, a former deputy u.s. assistant secretary of state.y warm welcome to all of you. let's start by looking at the timing of these tests. bogeying -- uk yang, why are we seeing a barrage of missile tests right now? uk: we have to see the context. as you see, last september, north korea announced its nuclear policy act. the law describes a nuclear doctrine that kim jong-un has been claiming since the april military parade this year. and it is intended to signal u.s. and south korea that their nuclear forces are now operational. and by shooting all these missiles, they are saying they are ready. laura: alistair, how concerning is it for japan that this intermediate range ballistic missile flew, first of all, over its land, but second of all, it was unannounced? alastair: i think the fact that it was unannounced is a concern for everybody. there is an obligation to announce missile launches, which the dprk always ignores. in terms of japan, clearly a gave rise to -- it gave rise to notices to citizens in northern japan and some other places t

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mark fitzpatrick, a fellow at the international institute. statistics studies. and a former deputy us assistant secretary of state, if i would welcome to all of you. but let's start by looking at the timing of these tests. ok, young, why are we saying this barrage of missile tests now? yeah, we have to see the context. well, as you see, you last september, north korea announce is nuclear force horace act and the law is closed. so you are going to see if you could have daughtry, the kingdom has been claiming since the april military re, you know, it is intended to c l, u s. and south korea and they'll do group horses on horses are now over asia. and by shooting all these mr. they say, then i mean they are ready. allister, how concerning is it for japan that this intermediate range ballistic missile flu 1st of all, over its lamp. second of all, it was unannounced. well i think for everybody and obligation to a nurse launches which the cpr always ignore was in japan. clearly it gave rise to notices to, to citizens in northern japan and some places. the massage was

markings clearly visible. do you have any estimate of how many classified documents there are in. >> that's really unknowable. >> john fitzpatrick managed classified documents. he said the last reliable count was when most classified documents existed only on paper? >> it was in the tens of millions a year. >> as a practical matter it has become easier. the computer network provides an environment where the proliferation of classified material increases. >> reporter: the 9/11 attacks and subsequent alarms of frise plots against the homeland brought with them a surge of classification, which even worries the person in charge of keeping secrets, national intelligence director avril haynes. >> reporter: earlier this year she wrote deficiencies undermine our security by making it difficult to share information. tell me why you agree with it. >> protecting secrets is always been of releasing secrets. it's a false binary but it's the way people view it. >> most secrecy isn't about real damage. it's about preventing one form of embarrassment or another by the government. >> reporter: the director of a rives has used the freedom of info

rug burns on garrett's legs and red marks on his neck pointed to a desperate struggle. it was a crime of passion, insisted fitzpatricko garrett. >> this is somebody that chokes the life with a high degree of hatred of a 12-year-old boy. >> he talks about an amicable breakup. >> it was not amicable at that point because he was not happy. tandy was amicable, but he was not. he was very, very angry. >> prosecutors used video to try to prove their case, a one-two punch of nick hillary on camera. they played for the judge the security video of nick's honda in the high school parking lot, as they saw it, stalking garrett. >> that's the most important witness in this case. a neutral camera sitting on top of a school. >> the state also presented that critical video of nick, under oath, from his deposition in his civil case. >> something happens, which i will affectionately refer to as the gift that keeps on giving. that person is telling lies, frankly, too numerous to catalog. >> one lie, according to the state, involved nick's damaged ankle. remember, during his deposition nick said he hurt it before garrett's death. >> mr.

markings clearly visible, are tiny drops in a tsunami of secrets kept by the u.s. government. do you have any estimate of how many classified documents there are? >> that's really unknowable. >> reporter: john fitzpatrickhe flow of classified documents in both the obama and trump white houses. he says the last reliable count was taken when most classified documents existed only on paper. >> they were in the tens of millions of documents a year. >> has it become easier or harder to classify information? >> as a practical matter it has become easier. the proliferation of classified computer networks provides an environment where the proliferation of classified material increases. >> reporter: the 9/11 attacks and all the subsequent alarms of terrorist plots against the homeland brought with them a surge of classification, which even worries the person in charge of keeping secrets. national intelligence director avril haines. >> do you think that overclassification is a national security problem? >> i do, senator. i think it's a challenge. >> reporter: earlier in year she wrote, "deficiencies in the current classification system undermine our national security by making it difficult to share information w