TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).
PROBLEM: 元政府関係者はこのプログラムは「完全に許可されて」いて、CIAは「CIAはなんら違法行為はしていない」とニューヨークタイムズ紙とのインタビューで主張し、また、ホワイトハウスと上院情報特別委員会の指導によりこのプログラムが発見報告されたと語った。

SOLUTION: 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.

PROBLEM: 内閣は大部分が前内閣を継承しているが、論議を巻き起こしたり反感を買った大臣の中には解任されたり、より安全な地位に異動された大臣もいた。

SOLUTION: While the cabinet is for a large part copied from the preceding one, some ministers who had provoked controversy and animosity were removed or moved to another less risky position.

PROBLEM: 彼はまた、超党派的政治システムが興るよう、選挙法を変えたい、また、次期選挙以降は絶対的与党を形成したいと宣言した。

SOLUTION:
He also declared that he wanted a change in the electoral law so that a bipartisan political system would arise, and that he wants to form a majority government after the next election.