U.S. may have bugged German chancellor’s mobile phone [1]

 

GigaOm - 10/23/13, David Meyer

 

Germany’s leader, Angela Merkel, has confronted U.S. president Barack Obama over the likely tapping of her communications. The White House has said the U.S. “is not monitoring and will not monitor” her communications, but has not denied doing so in the past.

France is already angry at the U.S. for allegedly recording millions of its citizens’ calls [2], an accusation that has been denied. Similarly, the Germans have also been heavily targeted [3] and now the Spanish are getting nervous too [4].

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