10/24/13

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Germany sees credible evidence of US monitoring of chancellor as NSA surveillance row intensifies. The furore over the scale of American mass surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden shifted to an incendiary new level on Wednesday evening when Angela Merkel of Germany called Barack Obama to demand explanations over reports that the US National Security Agency was monitoring her mobile phone. Merkel was said by informed sources in Germany to be "livid" over the reports and convinced, on the basis of a German intelligence investigation, that the reports were utterly substantiated. The German news weekly, Der Spiegel, reported an investigation by German intelligence, prompted by research from the magazine, that produced plausible information that Merkel's mobile was targeted by the US eavesdropping agency. The German chancellor found the evidence substantial enough to call the White House and demand clarification. The outrage in Berlin came days after President François Hollande of France also called the White House to confront Obama with reports that the NSA was targeting the private phone calls and text messages of millions of French people.

VIDEO: Angela Merkel Calls Obama To Demand NSA Stop Spying On Her Personal Cell Phone
BBC: US ambassador summoned in mobile row
Der Spiegel: Westerwelle bestellt US-Botschafter ein
Der Spiegel: Merkel beschwert sich bei Obama
Deutsche Welle: Press Review: Outrage over NSA eavesdropping
Julian Borger: Merkel: with allies like these, who needs enemies?
LA Times: Germany summons U.S. ambassador over spying reports
New York Times: Anger Growing Among Allies on U.S. Spying
Washington Post: Obama’s phone call with Angela Merkel sounds like it was horribly awkward

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