A bomb exploded Tuesday evening, when WikiLeaks revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropping last three French presidents, namely Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and current President François Hollande. Were to be tapped as other high-ranking representatives of the French authorities, including ministers and diplomats (Ambassador of France in the US).
Portal revealing these revelations, he relied on secret intelligence reports and technical documents. WikiLeaks spokesman also ensures that the materials are authentic.
President Hollande convened on Wednesday morning Defence Council in order to “assess the nature” of Wikileaks reports. Referring to the revelations disclosed the French government spokesman Stephane de Foll said that what happened is “unacceptable among the allies,” but this does not mean that there will be a crisis now. ” France will also seek details from the US on the information podsłuchach.
White House: Hollande does not podsłuchiwaliśmy
The White House asserted that the special services US not conversations are taking aim at French President François Hollande and will not do that.
The spokesman of the National Security Council at the White House, Ned Price said the United States co-operate with France, and “The French are not a partner substitution ‘. According to these assurances the US does not conduct intelligence operations abroad without a specific and legitimate purpose. This is to involve ordinary citizens and heads of state.
Price did not comment, however, on whether France had been listening Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy.
What is WikiLeaks documents?
Documents published a number of French and German media also had the time to consult with them before. These materials contain mainly the NSA reports on, among others, French foreign policy, the crisis in Greece and Franco-German relations.
Among them is eg. a report from the French ambassador talks in Washington with an advisor to Sarkozy on the French made by unsuccessful attempts to conclude an agreement with the US anti-spyware.
One of the documents of 2012. applies Hollande talks about the exit of Greece from the euro zone, the other from 2011. shows that Sarkozy would lead to a resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, presumably without US participation.
Snowden was the first
This is not the first reports of that world leaders could be overheard. In 2013. Was US analyst Edward Snowden services revealed that the NSA eavesdropping telephone conversations of 35 world leaders, including the head of the German government of Angela Merkel.
With political asylum in Russia Snowden is wanted by US intelligence services on charges of disclosure state secrets and espionage.
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