US President Barack Obama has acknowledged that leaks by former CIA contractor Edward Snowden have identified some areas of legitimate concerns with regard to privacy of citizens while highly sensationalising other issues.
“The way this (classified documents leaked by Snowden) has been reported - the Snowden disclosures have identified some areas of legitimate concern. Some of it has also been highly sensationalised. And has been painted in a way that is not accurate,” Obama told a private channel in an interview.
Praising work being done by National Security Agency, the federal agency that runs secretive phone and Internet surveillance programme, Obama said he is proposing self-restrain on NSA.