Task: Translation
Input (English): A former government official claimed that the program was `` fully authorized '' and that the CIA was `` not doing anything illegal '' in an interview with The New York Times , and said that the leadership of the House and Senate intelligence committees was able to find out about the program , or had been informed of its existence .
Output (English): A former government official claimed that the program was "fully authorized" and that the CIA was "not doing anything illegal" in an interview with The New York Times, and said that the leadership of the House and Senate intelligence committees was able to find out about the program, or had been informed of its existence.