Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, The Washington Times

Testifying Tuesday before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Intel chiefs revealed that the top security threat is not China’s military buildup or cyberattacks, al Qaeda’s growth, or Iran’s nuclear program [but] leaks of classified information by former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden. …

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper said during the annual threat briefing that the leaks are “potentially the most massive and most damaging theft of intelligence information in our history.”
Only about 10 percent of the documents taken and released by Mr. Snowden, now under the protection of the Russian government, involved controversial NSA surveillance, he said. …
The unanswered question at the open hearing, which was held after Monday’s closed hearing, is whether Russian intelligence is controlling Mr. Snowden and has gained access to his stolen secrets. The answer appears to be yes.

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