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They are trying to get away from this whole idea of using systems administrators like snowden to do a lot of these jobs. in fact, the director of the national security agency recently announced that they are accelerating plans to really move a lot of this work on to computers. >> what we're 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. >> to put that in perspective, there are about 1,000 systems administrators like edward snowden. at the end of this, there may o...

>> i can't even believe i'm laughing, but, i'm sorry, when you put it all together. all right, to be fair, to your point, booz allen didn't decide the security clearance. that actually was left to another contractor, usis, they're under grnd jury investigation. but i guess the bigger question here is the government doing anything to wean itself off of what is frightening dependency on contractors? >> the no just wean itself off contractors, wean itself off people. they are trying to get away from this whole idea of using systems administrators like snowden to do a lot of these jobs. in fact, t...

To make our networks more defensible and more secure. >> to put that in perspective, there are about 1,000 systems administrators like edward snowden. at the end of there may only be 100, erin? >> that is incredible. all right, thanks so much, chris. >> you're welcome. all right, still to come, tropical storm erin, yes, erin, has formed off the coast of africa and this incredibly rare, it could be much more dangerous than we believed. we've got a report on that. and prescription drug abuse. could you be part of the problem and not be aware of or the risk? dr. drew is with us. what do you...

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 accelerating them to reduce the number of outside people with access to sensitive information. the nsa ...

As a systems administrators contracted by the nsa, notably is quite a bit less than the 200 grand he claimed to have been making. the justice department is reportedly already working on pursuing criminal charges against snowden which is said to be the first step necessary to force him to return to the u.s. and the aclu filed a lawsuit against the obama administration today charging that the newly released phone record collection being done by the government is illegal. the aclu is asking the judge to bar the mass collection of domestic phone logs and to order existing records to be purged. arg...