"No longer viable or usable, or less effective by a large degree"
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Goss cited a "disruption to our plans, things that we have under way." Some CIA sources and "assets" had been rendered "no longer viable or usable, or less effective by a large degree," he said.
The revelations have also made intelligence agencies in other countries mistrustful of their U.S. counterparts, Goss said.
"I'm stunned to the quick when I get questions from my professional counterparts saying, `Mr. Goss, can't you Americans keep a secret?"
Goss, when pressed, said he was speaking of programs run by the CIA, and would let NSA officials speak for themselves.
Gen. Michael Hayden, the principal deputy director of national intelligence and a former NSA director, said it was hard to characterize any damage done to his agency in an open session.
But, he said, "Some people claim that somehow or another our capabilities are immune to this kind of information going out into the public domain."
"And, I can tell you, in a broad sense, that is certainly not true."
Goss cited a "disruption to our plans, things that we have under way." Some CIA sources and "assets" had been rendered "no longer viable or usable, or less effective by a large degree," he said.
The revelations have also made intelligence agencies in other countries mistrustful of their U.S. counterparts, Goss said.
"I'm stunned to the quick when I get questions from my professional counterparts saying, `Mr. Goss, can't you Americans keep a secret?"
Goss, when pressed, said he was speaking of programs run by the CIA, and would let NSA officials speak for themselves.
Gen. Michael Hayden, the principal deputy director of national intelligence and a former NSA director, said it was hard to characterize any damage done to his agency in an open session.
But, he said, "Some people claim that somehow or another our capabilities are immune to this kind of information going out into the public domain."
"And, I can tell you, in a broad sense, that is certainly not true."
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