New NSA Chief: Snowden Didnt Do That Much Damage

Maya Rhodan @m_rhodan 8:16 AM ET

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defence contractor, is interviewed by
The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong
NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden in a still image taken from video during an interview by the
Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong on June 6, 2013
Glenn Greenwald and Laura PoitrasThe Guardian/Reuters
Says leaks don't mean "the sky is falling"

The head of the National Security Agency says in a new interview that the massive leaks by former
contractor Edward Snowden didnt do irreparable damage to national security.

You have not heard me as the director say, Oh, my God, the sky is falling, Adm. Michael S. Rogers,
the new NSA director, told the New York Times in an interview published Sunday. I am trying to be
very specific and very measured in my characterizations.