Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

US National Security Agency | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
Select Page
Media ID: 55320704
Caption:

File photo—Chairman Dianne Feinstein speaks to the media after meeting with members of the intelligence community during a Senate Select Intelligence Committee closed door briefing on Capitol Hill on September 5, 2013. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)


US weighs ending spying on allied heads of state

US weighs ending spying on allied heads of state

Washington, Associated Press—Faced with a flood of revelations about US spying practices, the White House is considering ending its eavesdropping on friendly foreign leaders, a senior administration official said. A final decision has not been made and the move is...
Media ID: 55320494
Caption:

File photo—German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich briefs the media in Berlin on March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)


Media ID: 55320229
Caption:

File photo—German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a BlackBerry Z10 smartphone featuring high security Secusite software, used for governmental communication, at the booth of Secusmart during her opening tour at the CeBit computer fair in Hanover on March 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch)


Germany summons US envoy over alleged NSA spying

Germany summons US envoy over alleged NSA spying

Berlin, Associated Press—Germany’s Foreign Ministry summoned the US ambassador Thursday following allegations that American intelligence may have targeted Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone. Lawmakers, meanwhile, made clear they weren’t satisfied...
Media ID: 55319868
Caption:

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Luxembourg on October 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)


France summons US ambassador over spying report

France summons US ambassador over spying report

Luxembourg/Paris, Reuters—France summoned the US ambassador on Monday to protest allegations in Le Monde newspaper about large-scale spying on French citizens by the US National Security Agency. The allegations that the agency was collecting tens of thousands of...