US 'Operates 80 Listening Posts Worldwide, 19 In Europe, And Snooped On Merkel Mobile 2002-2013' -- The Telegraph
US intelligence operates 80 listening posts worldwide, including 19 in European cities, and targetted Angela Merkel's phone from 2002 to 2013, according to new eavesdropping leaks.
US intelligence has been operating a global network of 80 eavesdropping centres, including 19 European listening posts in cities such as Paris, Berlin, Rome and Madrid, the German magazine Spiegel has reported.
The new revelations, which Spiegel said were based on leaked American intelligence documents, are certain to fuel international outrage at the sweeping scale of US international surveillance operations.
Spiegel also reported that the telephone number of Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has been a target of US surveillance since 2002, when she was leader of the opposition.
Mrs Merkel, who telephoned President Barack Obama on Wednesday to express her anger at reports that her phone had been hacked, was still under surveillance until a few weeks before the US leader Berlin in June, Spiegel said.
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My Comment: I suspect that when this entire list of listening posts is made public (and it will probably be made public) .... there is going to be some hard questions directed at U.S. officials on what are they doing from these host countries.
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