Spain And Italy Have Fears That Their Communnications Are Being Monitored By The NSA

NSA's Italy Op Exposed: ‘Millions’ Of Private Communications Intercepted With Govt Awareness -- RT

Everyday communications of Italians are also on the watch list of the US National Security Agency, a new report has revealed. While an Italian parliamentary committee seeks clarification of NSA activities, local security sources defend the snooping.

Italy’s spy watchdog COPASIR has recently learned details of large-scale monitoring of Italians by the US intelligence agency NSA, according to a report published by Corriere della Sera.

In order to confirm the snooping on Italians, the committee members had to go to the United States and meet with US intelligence agency directors, as well as with congressional committee chairs.

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Spain Fears NSA Is Targeting Communications Data Of Its Citizens -- ZDNet

Spanish authorities believe the US' National Security Agency (NSA) has been collecting communication data in the country, echoing recent revelations about the NSA's activity in France.

According to a report in Spanish daily El Pais, the country's intelligence agency CNI suspects that the NSA has been trawling through millions of phone records, text messages and emails originating in Spain. While it is claimed the content of the phone calls was not recorded, El Pais says the caller, recipient, duration, location and length of calls were collected.

The recording of communication data was triggered by either a keyword or if a phone line had previously been targeted for surveillance. The El Pais report adds that CNI does not believe the NSA targeted politicians as it has done in Mexico and Brazil.

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My Comment: Considering what we already now about the NSA .... Italian and Spanish concerns on NSA spying are probably justified.