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NSA: Snowden May Have Leaked up to 200,000 Files

But they don't actually know

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Edward Snowden leaked as many as 200,000 classified U.S. documents to the media this year, according to NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander.   

Alexander made the comments after a speech in Baltimore last month, Reuters reported Thursday. The news service obtained a copy of the October event's transcript from the National Security Agency.

"I wish there was a way to prevent it. Snowden has shared somewhere between 50 [thousand] and 200,000 documents with reporters. These will continue to come out," Alexander said, according to the report.