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The NSA's 'Top-Secret' Edward Snowden Talking Points
• http://www.theatlantic.com, Conor FriedersdorfHere they are, via Leopold:
... the NSA classified all of the records as “top secret” under a FOIA exemption established by presidential executive order and determined that “their disclosure reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave danger to the national security.”“This agency is also authorized by various statutes to protect certain information concerning its activities,” states a January 23 letter signed by NSA FOIA chief Pamela Phillips. “We have determined that such information exists in these documents.”