Pentagon report finds Snowden leaks had 'staggering' intelligence impact

• Classified assessment describes damage as 'grave'
• Report does not include specific detail to support conclusion
• 12 of 39 heavily redacted pages released after Foia request

• Read the full Defense Intelligence Agency report

The DIA report has been cited numerous times by politicians who claimed Snowden’s leaks have put US personnel at risk. Photograph: Sunshine Press/Getty

Jason Leopold- Thursday 22 May 2014

A top-secret Pentagon report to assess the damage to national security from the leak of classified National Security Agency documents by Edward Snowden concluded that “the scope of the compromised knowledge related to US intelligence capabilities is staggering”.

Pentagon Report Finds Snowden Leaks Had 'Staggering' Intelligence Impact by Thavam Ratna