U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called the surveillance limited and said leaking details hurts America's security. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Top Intelligence Official Declassifies Some Phone Surveillance Program Details -- NBC News/Reuters
The United States’ top intelligence official declassified details of a top secret surveillance program after it and another secret program were revealed on Thursday -- while also blasting the leak.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper took the step in a statement issued on Thursday night, after media reports revealed the programs that have been used to collect the phone records of Americans and monitor Internet use.
Referencing a report that first appeared in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Clapper said that 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.”
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