NSA chief says data disrupted 'dozens' of plots

13 June 2013  


Gen Alexander said the NSA surveillance programmes kept Americans safe

The US electronic spying chief has said massive surveillance programmes newly revealed by an ex-intelligence worker had disrupted dozens of terror plots.
In a US Senate hearing, National Security Agency (NSA) Director Keith Alexander defended the internet and telephone data snooping programmes.

Also, US Secretary of State John Kerry said they showed a "delicate but vital balance" between privacy and security.

The programmes were revealed in newspaper accounts last week.

Meanwhile, the leaker has pledged to fight extradition to the US.

Edward Snowden fled his home in Hawaii for Hong Kong shortly before reports of the top secret programmes were published by the Guardian and Washington Post newspapers last week.

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