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Dramatic new step to try to crackdown on some of these leaks. crackdown on some of the computer systems administrators like edward snowden from leaking classified documents. he revealed that a cyber security conference today general alexander did, that he is slashing by 90% the sum 1,000 system administrators he has ed snowden the idea being to try to cut down the number of people that have access to this info. take a listen. what we be in the process of doing, not fast enough, is reducing our s...

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Administrators from leaking classified documents. revealingt at a cyber security conference he is slashing by 90% the nearly 1,000 systems administrators employed by his agency or hired as contractors. >> what we are in the process of doing not fast enough is reducing our system administrators by about 90% for the first reason which was to make our networks more defensible and more secure. >> reporter: an nsa official told fox the agency had been planning the cuts before the leaks but is now acc...

One can very well set the precedence here. back to you. >> thanks so much lauren simonetti live from the business network. the national security agency creating new guidelines in light of nsa leaker edward snowden. the agency implementing a system requiring two system administrators to be present before any sensitive information can be moved. the organization is also looking to better monitor workers who have access to classified information. officials say the new policies will be part of a pi...

>> r eporter: on tuesday the head of the nsa testified that there are at least a thousand government employees like nsa leaker edward snowden who have broad access to the networks containing these highly classified documents. >> how many people were in the same position as snowden was as a systems manager to have access to this information that could be damaging if released? >> there is on the order of a thousand system administrators. the majority are contractors. >> reporter: we dont know this...

Testified at length this morning about the criteria that must be in place in order to query the database. for example, they were told theres a small pool of analysts and managers at the nsa, about two dozen people, and they decide if there is something called a tangible or an articulable, so, in other words, you can write it down, and you can lay it out in words reason to query these phone numbers. and when there are mistakes, the nsa says that they are reported. >> every now and then there may ...

General keith alexander testifying there are hundreds of assistant administrators that hold the same position and clearances as edward snowden the nsa leaker and most are with outside contractors. in the majority are contractors. as you may know, you may recall, about 12, 13 years ago, as we tried to downsize our government workforce, we pushed more of our information technology work force or system administrators to the contract arena. >> witnesses testifying the two controversial nsa programs ...

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