France, Mexico "seek answers" on NSA spying

France has said it was "seeking an explanation" from Washington after learning that the NSA secretly recorded millions of phone calls in that country.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 21.10.2013.

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PARIS France has said it was "seeking an explanation" from Washington after learning that the NSA secretly recorded millions of phone calls in that country. Another country "seeking answers" is Mexico, whose former President Felipe Calderon was also reportedly a target of U.S. spies. France, Mexico "seek answers" on NSA spying According to the newspaper Le Monde, which refers to confidential documents leaked to the public by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, Americans recorded more than 70 million phone calls in France from December last year until January 2013. The NSA "automatically picked up communications from certain numbers in France," said the report, including text messages, while the persons "processed" in this manner did not include only those suspected of having links with terrorism, but also individuals from the world of business and politics. Commenting on these allegations, French Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls told the Europe 1 radio station that these findings were "shocking." At the same time, the German weekly Der Spiegel reported that U.S. agents in 2010 hacked the e-mail account of then Mexican President Calderon. The Mexican authorities said they would "seek answers as soon as possible." "This practice is unacceptable, illegal and contrary to Mexican and international law. In relations between neighbors and partners, there is no room for practices that are alleged to have occurred," the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Previously, media reports said that electronic communications of current Mexican President Enrique Pena were also targeted in this manner, as well as those of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. The U.S. authorities have refused to comment on the allegations reported by Le Monde. Last month, the Mexican president said that his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, "promised in a telephone conversation that he would examine the allegations of spying." (Beta/AP, file) Tanjug

France, Mexico "seek answers" on NSA spying

According to the newspaper Le Monde, which refers to confidential documents leaked to the public by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, Americans recorded more than 70 million phone calls in France from December last year until January 2013.

The NSA "automatically picked up communications from certain numbers in France," said the report, including text messages, while the persons "processed" in this manner did not include only those suspected of having links with terrorism, but also individuals from the world of business and politics.

Commenting on these allegations, French Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls told the Europe 1 radio station that these findings were "shocking."

At the same time, the German weekly Der Spiegel reported that U.S. agents in 2010 hacked the e-mail account of then Mexican President Calderon. The Mexican authorities said they would "seek answers as soon as possible."

"This practice is unacceptable, illegal and contrary to Mexican and international law. In relations between neighbors and partners, there is no room for practices that are alleged to have occurred," the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Previously, media reports said that electronic communications of current Mexican President Enrique Pena were also targeted in this manner, as well as those of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

The U.S. authorities have refused to comment on the allegations reported by Le Monde. Last month, the Mexican president said that his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, "promised in a telephone conversation that he would examine the allegations of spying."

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