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Jun302013
Blackout: Defense Department Blocks All Articles About NSA Leaks From 'Millions' of Computers
Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 08:05AM
The Department of Defense is blocking online access to news reports about classified National Security Agency documents made public by Edward Snowden. The blackout affects all of the department's computers and is part of a department-wide directive.
"Any website that runs information that the Department of Defense still considers classified" is affected, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Damien Pickart told U.S. News in a phone interview.
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