<blockquote>But mixed in among the dramatic footage of Alexander receiving threat briefings and junior analysts solving Rubik’s cubes in 90 seconds were a number of dubious claims: from the extent of surveillance to collecting on Google and Yahoo data centers to an online “kill-switch” for the global financial system developed by China.

Reporter <strong>John Miller, a former official with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence</strong> and an ex-FBI spokesman, allowed these claims to go unchallenged. The Guardian, not so much. Here’s our take:

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via <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/16/nsa-surveillance-60-minutes-cbs-facts">NSA goes on 60 Minutes: the definitive facts behind CBS's flawed report | World news | theguardian.com</a>.