The US spy chief has demanded intelligence leaker Edward Snowden return the documents he has “stolen”.
At a US Senate hearing, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper harshly condemned the fugitive ex-intelligence contractor, saying his leaks caused “profound damage”.
Mr Clapper said the leaks had gone “way beyond [Mr Snowden's] professed concerns” about domestic spying.
Mr Snowden remains in Russia on asylum but faces espionage charges in the US.
The documents from the National Security Agency (NSA) that Mr Snowden has leaked to journalists have shed new light on electronic spying operations in the US and UK.
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