Foreign-Surveillance

NSA Monitored Angela Merkel's Phone and 35 Other World Leaders

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The Guardian newspaper reported, citing documents obtained from Edward Snowden, that the National Security Agency monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The leaked NSA memo, dated October 2006, revealed that senior U.S. government officials …

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