NSA officials claim loss of surveillance capability on terrorist targets after Snowden disclosures

The passage provides a specific claim by senior NSA officials that a watch list of ~1,000 foreign terrorist targets went dark after the June 2013 Snowden revelations, suggesting a loss of intelligence NSA deputy director Richard Ledgett cited disappearance of ~1,000 terrorist targets after June 6, 20 Targets included logistics officers, bomb builders, weapons specialists, and suicide bomber recrui