Cybersecurity
Snowden Leaks Caused ‘Tremendous Damage,’ House Panel Says
- Intelligence panel says U.S. will spend billions as a result
- Report comes as Oliver Stone’s Snowden movie is debuting
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Edward Snowden caused “tremendous damage to national security” by revealing “secrets that protect American troops overseas and secrets that provide vital defenses against terrorists and nation-states,” according to a new congressional report.
“The U.S. government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars, and will eventually spend billions, to attempt to mitigate the damage Snowden caused,” the House Intelligence Committee said in an unclassified summary of its 36-page report.