Mistakes had been made said James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, but they were human or technical.

国家情报局的最高领导人James Clapper说，错误已经造成，但是这些错误都是人性的弱点所致的，或者说是技术所带来的。

There is, he said, no other country on this planet that has the magnitude of oversight that the US does. He said that what he described as the torrent of disclosures about American surveillance had been extremely damaging and he anticipated even more. And asked whether America's allies spied on the US, he replied with just one word, ‘Absolutely'.

他说，全球没有哪个国家会像美国那样有着如此强烈的监督意识。他表示，他所说的有关对美国监视行为的接连不断的披露已经是具有极端毁灭性的了，而且他进行了更进一步的预料。还有当被问及美国的同盟国是否也被美国秘密监视时，他只是回应了一个词“绝对有”。

The head of the NSA said reports about mass phone surveillance in France, Italy and Spain were false.

国家安全局的主席表示，关于在法国、意大利和西班牙进行的大量手机监视的报告都是有误的。

President Putin's most high-profile political opponent in Russia is facing new criminal charges Alexei Navalny who's stood for election as mayor of Moscow has already been given a five-year suspended sentence for embezzlement. Now he's been charged with money laundry along with his brother. Alexei Navalny has always insisted accusations against him are politically motivated.