A.M. Links: Chinese Hackers Suspected in U.S. Government Data Breach, Family of Alleged Dennis Hastert Sex Abuse Victim Speaks Out, Jeb Bush Prepares Official Campaign Launch

Damon Root | 6.5.2015 9:00 AM

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  U.S. officials believe Chinese hackers are behind the massive data breach that compromised the private information of more than four million current and former federal employees.

• Sen. Rand Paul: "I'd put Clapper and Snowden in the same jail cell."

• The family of an alleged sexual abuse victim of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is speaking out.

• "Two friends of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will learn on Friday how long they will spend in prison for having removed a backpack containing fireworks from the suspect's room during a massive manhunt."

• Jeb Bush will officially launch his presidential campaign on June 15 in Miami.

• Today is National Doughnut Day.

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Damon Root is the author of A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution (Potomac Books).