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Media sometimes try, fail to keep NSA’s secrets

By Raphael Satter
Published February 8, 2014 7:44pm ET
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Media sometimes try, fail to keep NSA’s secrets
LONDON (AP) — News organizations publishing leaked National Security Agency documents have inadvertently disclosed the names of at least six intelligence workers and other government secrets they never intended to give away, an Associated Press review has found. The accidental disclosures illustrate the risks of even well-intentioned, public-interest reporting on highly secret U.S. programs. In […]

LONDON (AP) — News organizations publishing leaked National Security Agency documents have inadvertently disclosed the names of at least six intelligence workers and other government secrets they never intended to give away, an Associated Press review has found.

The accidental disclosures illustrate the risks of even well-intentioned, public-interest reporting on highly secret U.S. programs.

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