On Thursday, the Pentagon laid out for Congress the extent of the damages the intelligence community suffered due to the leaking of stolen classified intelligence documents by Edward Snowden. In a defense budget hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, painted a picture
What It Means For Whistleblowers Now That Snowden Leaks Categorized As Financial Loss
By attaching a monetary figure to the damages that Snowden is allegedly responsible for, the administration may be trying to solicit support gaining redress.