White House Ordered The NSA To Stop Spying On Some Foreign Leaders This Summer

A view from helicopter of the National Security Agency at Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Report: White House Stopped Phone Tapping Of Foreign Leaders This Summer -- CNN

(CNN) -- The release of further allegations of National Security Agency surveillance efforts caused the Spanish government to summon the U.S. ambassador Monday, and The Wall Street Journal reported that the White House ordered a halt to some eavesdropping on foreign leaders after learning of it this summer.

Quoting unidentified U.S. officials, the newspaper's website said the wiretapping of about 35 foreign leaders was disclosed to the White House as part of a review of surveillance programs ordered by President Barack Obama after NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked classified information on the NSA's phone monitoring systems.

The White House ordered a halt to the monitoring of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and unspecified other leaders, the newspaper reported. The Journal report did not specify who gave the shutdown order or the date it was issued.

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More News On The White House Ordering The NSA To Stop Tapping The Phones Of Foreign Leaders

US ended Merkel spying program: report -- France 24/AFP
U.S. officials: Obama has NSA halt spying of Merkel, other leaders -- Haaretz
U.S. acknowledges it spied on Merkel but stopped -- UPI

My Comment: The White House may announce publicly that they have stopped the NSA from spying on some foreign leaders .... but I am willing to wager that these "foreign leaders" are probably not believing these claims.