NSA chief: Stop reporters 'selling' spy documents

The head of the embattled National Security Agency, Gen. Keith Alexander, is accusing journalists of "selling" his agency's documents and is calling for an end to the steady stream of public disclosures of secrets snatched by former contractor Edward Snowden.

"I think it’s wrong that that newspaper reporters have all these documents, the 50,000 -- whatever they have and are selling them and giving them out as if these -- you know it just doesn’t make sense," Gen. Alexander said. "We ought to come up with a way of stopping it," the NSA director declared. Gen. Alexander did not elaborate on what he meant by reporters "selling" documents or what options he might consider for halting the disclosures. An NSA spokeswoman declined to expand on the general's comments.