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Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper said over the past week "we have seen reckless disclosures of intelligence community measures used to keep Americans safe."

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**FILE** James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, listens March 12, 2013, to testimony at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he testified about worldwide threats. (Associated Press)

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Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for intelligence briefings with members of Congress that included showing security camera footage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. (Associated Press)

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From left: Defense Intelligence Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, CIA Director David Petraeus and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 2, 2012, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. (Associated Press)

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Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper on Monday announced two steps to squelch leaks of classified information after disclosures about national security. (Associated Press)

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Director of U.S. National Security James Clapper has expressed concern about Iran's uranium enrichment work. (Associated Press)

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FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III (left) and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to assess current and future national security threats. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess (left), Defense Intelligence Agency director; CIA Director David H. Petraeus (center); and James R. Clapper, director of national intelligence, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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FBI Director Robert Mueller (left) and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (right) are greeted by Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Republican and vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, in the Hart Senate Office Building in D.C., before a hearing on worldwide threats. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said Thursday it will take five years to fix the system that allows U.S. agencies to share secret information. The 2010 WikiLeaks breach exposed weaknesses in the system. (Associated Press)

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CIA Director David H. Petraeus (right) and James Clapper, director of national intelligence, testify during a joint hearing of the U.S. House and Senate intelligence committees at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. The intelligence chiefs briefed lawmakers on the state of intelligence reform 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is to report on Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this week. (Associated Press)

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'BIG YELLOW FLAG': Director of National Intelligence James Clapper slammed "officials who, for whatever reason, get their jollies from blabbing to the media." (Associated Press)

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'BIG YELLOW FLAG': Director of National Intelligence James Clapper slammed "officials who, for whatever reason, get their jollies from blabbing to the media." (Associated Press)

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In this Wednesday, April 21, 2010, file photo Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper listens to remarks by Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair at a ceremony marking the ODNI's fifth birthday at its headquarters in McLean, Va. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, ended weeks of delay Tuesday, July 13, 2010, and set a confirmation hearing for President Obama's nomination of Gen. Clapper to be the next director of national intelligence.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)