Reports for the first time published the French newspaper “Liberation” and the Internet information portal Mediapart. According to information disclosed by WikiLeaks, the three French presidents were overheard from at least 2006 to May 2012.
In addition to Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande NSA was also infiltrate several French ministers and the ambassador of France in the United States – has revealed portal, referring to the reports of the special services.
– The French have a right to know that their rulers are unlawfully overheard by their supposed ally – said in a statement Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. According to Reuters, hitting portal revealed that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who held office from 2007 to 2012, he had no knowledge of the United States consider the resumption of peace talks between Israel and Palestine. In turn, his successor Francois Hollande in 2012 in one of the conversations said that he fears Greece’s exit from the euro zone, which now threatens to Athens, if no agreement is reached between the government and EU Ciprasa Alexis creditors.
According to information obtained by US agents NSA also shows that the French government representatives discussed, among others, a global financial crisis, the future of the European Union and the diplomatic relations between the French government and the administration of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
WikiLeaks also reached to the discussions between French and American officials to spy on France by the US. Controversial documents are also include a private mobile phone number of the French president and the numbers of several other politicians – WikiLeaks reported.
In response to the news portal Assange spokesman for the National Security Agency Ned Price said in a statement that “the NSA will not comment on these allegations”. Price, however, said that the US never podsłuchiwało current French President Francois Hollande.
– Our purpose was not and will not be president Hollande. We cooperate with France in all international matters, our invaluable partner – he added, announcing also that “NSA never overhears civilians and representatives of foreign countries if there is no specific threat to national security”.
According to the BBC, Hollande, alarmed by reports WikiLeaks on Wednesday convened an emergency meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Defence.
This is not the first reports on the surveillance of foreign leaders by the US NSA. In 2013, American whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed that the National Security Agency inwigilowała German Chancellor Angela Merkel. However, reportedly has not commented officially the White House.
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