Intelligence Chief Says Reports On Internet Spying Contain 'Numerous Inaccuracies'

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http://www.businessinsider.com/prism-intelligence-chief-clapper-says-reports-contain-numerous-inaccuracies-2013-6



WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to tamp down a public uproar spurred by the disclosure of two secret surveillance programs, the nation's top intelligence official is declassifying key details about one of the programs while insisting the efforts were legal, limited in scope and necessary to detect terrorist threats.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, in an unusual late-night statement Thursday, denounced the leaks of highly classified documents that revealed the programs and warned that America's security will suffer. He called the disclosure of a program that targets foreigners' Internet use "reprehensible," and said the leak of another program that lets the government collect Americans' phone records would affect how America's enemies behave and make it harder to understand their intentions.

"The unauthorized disclosure of a top secret U.S. court document threatens potentially long-lasting and irreversible harm to our ability to identify and respond to the many threats facing our nation," Clapper said of the phone-tracking program.

At the same time, he offered new information about both programs, saying he wanted to correct the "misleading impression" created by out-of-context news articles even as he acknowledged that publicly discussing the programs comes with inherent security risks.


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[DCKit]

1. Spin, spin, spin.

The damage is done, the horse is out of the bag, the cat is out of the barn.

You can't fix this mess.

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2. he couldn't even be specific. nt

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Well then, open the program up for public scrutiny to clear up those inaccuracies. Nt.

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5. ...

[kentuck]

4. He seems to forget how the "crapper" got its name?

He could be on the same track?

[Fumesucker]

6. We have ways of teaching peasants their place

Look up Saturnine in the dictionary and this guy is the illustration, a happy camper he is not.

Probably went back to the office and ordered some drone strikes just to take the edge off.

[xchrom]

7. !

[KG]

8. the 'terrorism' talisman justifies anything. we get it.

[xchrom]

9. indeed...and that's exactly what it is -- a talisman. nt

[HereSince1628]

10. Which is just to say...don't look at the significant accuracies. n/t

[Aerows]

11. Why am I reminded of Lisa

Simpson with the rock that keeps tigers away when I hear them harp about how all of this keeps us safe?