FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) - The U.S. government should have publicised the existence of a programme that vacuumed up in bulk Americans' telephone call data before its existence was leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency's deputy director said on Tuesday.
Richard Ledgett, who is retiring next month, said in an interview with Reuters that disclosing the secret programme would have been difficult. But, he said, doing so might have mitigated the damage done by Snowden.
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