Paris attacks a wake-up call for US intelligence?

WASHINGTON — Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan appeared to revel in a bit of an “I told you so” moment in the days after the Paris attacks.

Calls for privacy and civil liberties after intelligence leaks by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden created “inadvertent or intentional gaps” in intelligence gathering, he said. That has hampered the ability of United States officials “to protect the people that they are asked to serve.”

“I do hope this is going to be a wake-up call.”

Read the full article at The Christian Science Monitor.