THEY CAN'T GET THEIR STORY STRAIGHT ABOUT SNOWDEN

I noted before that intelligence officials have been inconsistent in their descriptions of the results of Snowden's whistle blowing and b at Moon of Alabama finds nothing has changed one month later:

July 22 - Official: Snowden did not get 'crown jewels'

U.S. intelligence now believes Edward Snowden did not gain access to the "crown jewels" of National Security Agency programs that secretly intercept and monitor conversations around the world, CNN has learned.
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The ongoing damage assessment indicates he did not gain access to what is called ECI or "extremely compartmentalized information," according to a U.S. official familiar with the review.

July 24 - Snowden Damage Still Being Assessed; ‘Deepest Of Deep Secrets’ At Risk, Says STRATCOM’s Kehler

[Gen. Bob Kehler, commander of US Strategic Command,] referred to the type of information Snowden released as ”the deepest of the deep secrets.” While Gen. Kehler was his usual careful self, a former senior allied intelligence official recently described Snowden’s actions to me as “catastrophic.”