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Amounted for a targeting document. foreign intelligence services, organizations and criminal element will have potential interest in this kind of information. specifically, we recommend that companies affected by the publication an website assess and take steps to mitigate risk to the workplace facility and mission. "washington post" reporter dayna priest insisted the paperworked with the government to avoid exposing sensitive information and the report concluded there were too many agencies doing too many reports about the same thing. there is so much overlap the paper argued, warning signs a...

Frustration as trying to get some of this information on his own. >> reporter: you can see the reporter dana priest defending her work and also indicating the senior members of the government are interested in the post's findings. rick: some of the senior members okay with the report but i gather that has not been the case across the board? >> reporter: not across the board. in last few minutes we've actually had a defense department statement on the record and it reads in parts, it's pretty well-known that the intelligence community increased in size and capability after 9/11. we do recognize...

Website which brings to get a lot of information in one place. like one stop shopping. almost a targeting document in terms of the access to the information which is not readily available under normal circumstances. >> shepard: a warning came out from the top intelligence officer, right? >> well that's right. the memo i found interesting. it went to companies that may be affected reading, foreign intelligence services, terrorist organizations and criminal elements have interest in this information, specifically we recommend companies affected by the publication take steps to mitigate risks in ...

Of how large that has become. >> reporter: one of the things she discovered in her report is how little she says our own government knows about itself in some of these operations. bill: and the branch of government, expanded exponentially, trying to keep us safe since 9/11 and the intel community is reacting how on this, catherine. >> reporter: i spoke with someone on friday en advance of the series being published and they said in their opinion, the database is a targeting document and brought together information that is in the public domain, into sort of a one-stop shopping situation. and, ...

The web site amounted to a targeting document, shep. >> shepard: maybe should have a database like this. is he also defending the system. >> he is the acting head of the u.s. intelligence community david gompert disputed some of the finding. he says. and he defends the use of contractors who he says, quote, provide flexibility and specialized skills in the system. and contractors are going to be a special component within this post series coming up later in the week, shep. >> shepard: lawmakers are actually looking in the mirror on this one in some cases. >> they are. the ranking member of the...