exposure of secret

U.S. officials are alarmed at this exposure of secret information, and the F.B.I. is working to determine the source of the leak.

U.S. officials are alarmed at the exposure of secret information, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is working to determine the source of the leak.

The spy agency has experienced a series of embarrassing leaks over the past five years, beginning with Edward Snowden’s 2013 high-profile exposure of secret NSA surveillance programs.

Snowden, 30, whose exposure of secret U.S. surveillance infuriated Washington while making him a champion of civil liberties for others, has requested asylum from the tiny South American nation's leftist government.

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