North Korea's disclosure of its nuclear capabilities (highlighted by the blowing up of a cooling tower at its main nuclear plant) seeks to meet a key condition set by the United States and other countries, which view North Korea as a dangerous source of instability, before the country can get American aid and loans from world institutions.
In a statement on Dec. 21, she said she believed that the program was "essential to U.S. national security and that its disclosure has damaged critical intelligence capabilities".
None of the missile bases has been acknowledged by North Korea and analysts say an accurate disclosure of nuclear weapons and missile capabilities would be an important part of any denuclearization deal.
The drop in message traffic after the communication intercepts contrasts with what analysts describe as a far more muted impact on counterterrorism efforts from the disclosures by Mr. Snowden of the broad capabilities of N.S.A. surveillance programs.
National security had suffered, he added, but there had also been benefits from the disclosure of some of the intelligence agency capabilities.
We propose that specific investments are required in order to engage in scientific disclosure activities, since the disclosure process requires distinctive capabilities.
The disclosure demonstrated that China had achieved a stealth capability, allowing it to conceal its planes, ships and missiles from radar — similar to the American stealth technology that China has been seeking to acquire by clandestine means for years.
While senior intelligence officials — including James R. Clapper Jr., the director of national intelligence — have asserted that the disclosures have significantly damaged the government's intelligence capabilities, the current and former officials were far less sure of the lasting impact.
His comments came after the director general of MI5, Andrew Parker, warned in a speech that the disclosure of the "reach and limits" of GCHQ's capabilities was a "gift" to terrorists.
k-Anonymity seeks to limit the disclosure risk of a data set by limiting the capability of intruders to re-identify a record, that is, k-anonymity seeks to prevent identity disclosure.
