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July 18th, 2013
08:48 PM ET

Snowden controversy sheds light on secret FISA court

A major admission by the Obama administration today, Deputy Secretary of State Ashton Carter concedes that major missteps by the government made it possible for NSA leaker Edward Snowden to access top-secret information.

Snowden has exposed some of the NSA's most classified programs and has shed light on a secret court that gives them the permission to do some of their most controversial work.

Joe Johns has the story OutFront.
Filed under: National Security • NSA Leaker Edward Snowden
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