NSA, France And Spy Wars -- L.A. Times editorial
New revelations produce another wave of shock and outrage, this time by the French, who are playing the same game.
French authorities are shocked — shocked — to learn that the American government is spying on French citizens. The Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador to the Quai D'Orsay to inform him that what's going on is "unacceptable," and President Francois Hollande claimed to have issued a stern rebuke to President Obama in a phone conversation.
At issue is the allegation — in a Le Monde article by Glenn Greenwald based on documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden — that the NSA carried out massive electronic surveillance within France, including collecting some 70.3 million pieces of data on phone calls in a single month. Much remains unclear, but the article suggested that the surveillance may have been aimed not just at suspected terrorists but also at businessmen, politicians and others.
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