Leak Investigation Under Way as U.S. Seeks to Contain Damage

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With the security contractor and ex-CIA worker who revealed a once-secret U.S. electronic surveillance program having fled overseas, the government is investigating the leak and seeking to contain damage.

The Obama administration refused to say what it knows about Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old American and former technical assistant for the Central Intelligence Agency, or what steps it may take.