Monday, June 17, 2013

New NSA Revelations: US And Britain Spied On Russia And Other Countries At The London G20 Summit

Flies on the wall: Leaked NSA docs show both British and American officials were actively spying on other dignitaries during 2009's London G8 summit

NSA Leak Reveal: US And Britain Spied On Russians And Other Countries At London G20 Summit -- Daily Mail

* Part of the Snowden leak shows the NSA targeted Medvedev's correspondences at the 2009 G20 summit in London
* Meanwhile, British spies intercepted calls and emails made by Turkish and other dignitaries and used information to influence summit talks in real time

National Security Agency documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that both the American and British spied on delegates of other countries at two 2009 Group of 20 meetings.

The report indicates that Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters, an organization analogous to the NSA, set up internet cafes at the 2009 London Group of 20 conference with the purpose of reading the emails of those attendees who used them, among other spy tactics.

Also revealed were documents showing that the NSA was also actively monitoring London G20 attendees, specifically then Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.

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More News On Hoe Britain And The U.S. Spied On Russia And Other Countries During The G20 Summit In London

GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits -- The Guardian
New Leak Indicates U.S. and Britain Eavesdropped at ’09 World Conferences -- New York Times
Guardian: UK spies hacked foreign diplomats’ phones, emails at conferences -- Washington Post/AP
New report: Britain spied on G-20 delegates in 2009 -- CNN
Britain spied on foreign delegations at G20 summits in 2009, paper reports -- Irish Times
UK spied on G20 officials in London - report -- Reuters
British spies 'intercepted phone calls and read emails of allies at G20 summit' -- Daily Mail
The London G20 Summit Was a Festival of International Spying -- Atlantic Wire
The laws that allow intelligence agencies to spy on foreign diplomats -- The Guardian

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