Former National Security Agency official indicted for providing classified information on agency’s flawed modernization program
A federal grand jury indicted a former National Security Agency official for leaking government records to a reporter relating to the agency’s failings to upgrade its systems to more efficiently sort the huge amount of data gathered from e-mails, phone calls and other electronic communications. First Amendment advocates fear the indictment will have a chilling effect on reporters and sources exposing maters of great interest to the public. -db The New York Times April 15,