The revelations were first reported in French daily publication Liberation and on news website Mediapart, which said the NSA spied on the presidents during a period of at least six years between 2006 until May 2012, the month when Mr Hollande took over from Mr Sarkozy.
WikiLeaks said the documents derived from directly targeted NSA surveillance of the communications of Mr Hollande(2012-present), Mr Sarkozy (2007-2012) and Mr Chirac (1995-2007), as well as French cabinet ministers and the French ambassador to the US.
The documents also contain the mobile phone numbers of numerous officials in the Elysee presidential palace including the direct mobile phone number of the president, WikiLeaks said.
The documents include summaries of conversations between French government officials on the global financial crisis, the Greek debt crisis, and the relationship between the Hollande administration and the German government of Angela Merkel.
Former NSA employee Edward Snowden created an uproar in Germany after he revealed that Washington had carried out large-scale electronic espionage in Germany and claimed the NSA had bugged Ms Merkel's phone.
"While the German disclosures focused on the isolated fact that senior officials were targeted by US intelligence, WikiLeaks' publication today provides much greater insight into US spying on its allies," WikiLeaks said.
This includes "the actual content of intelligence products deriving from the intercepts, showing how the US spies on the phone calls of French leaders and ministers for political, economic and diplomatic intelligence".
The French president's office was not immediately reachable for comment.
WikiLeaks said French readers could "expect more timely and important revelations in the near future.”
Last week, WikiLeaks published more than 60,000 diplomatic cables from Saudi Arabia and said on its website it would release 500,000 more in the coming weeks.
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24/6/15
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Wikileaks: Κατασκοπεία ΗΠΑ, ο Ολάντ και το Grexit ...
ReplyDeleteΟ πρόεδρος της Γαλλίας Φρανσουά Ολάντ, από τον Μάιο του 2012, είχε συγκαλέσει κρυφά το Υπουργικό Συμβούλιο για συζήτηση των πιθανών συνεπειών ενδεχόμενης εξόδου της Ελλάδας από την Ευρωζώνη.
Αυτό προκύπτει από στοιχεία του ιστότοπου Wikileaks που είδαν το φως της δημοσιότητας και τα οποία αναφέρονται σε κατασκοπεία των προέδρων της Γαλλίας από το 2006 μέχρι το 2012, από τις μυστικές υπηρεσίες των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών.
Σύμφωνα με τις πληροφορίες, ο Ολάντ ήθελε να κρατήσει τη σύνοδο του Υπουργικού του μυστική, ανησυχώντας πως αν διαρρεύσει ότι το Παρίσι σκέφτεται σοβαρά την πιθανότητα εξόδου της Ελλάδας από την Ευρωζώνη, η κρίση θα γινόταν ακόμα πιο βαθειά.
Με βάση τα έγγραφα πάντως, η Γαλλία ήθελε την Ελλάδα να παραμείνει στην Ευρωζώνη, σεβόμενη όμως τους δανειακούς όρους και προχωρώντας στις αναγκαίες μεταρρυθμίσεις.
Επιπλέον, σύμφωνα με τα έγγραφα του Wikileaks, τα οποία επικαλούνται ο ειδησεογραφικός ιστότοπος Media Part και η γαλλική εφημερίδα "Libération", η αμερικανική Υπηρεσία Εθνικής Ασφαλείας, εκτός από τον Φρανσουά Ολάντ κατασκόπευε επίσης τους Ζακ Σιράκ και Νικολά Σαρκοζί.
Τα έγγραφα, με τη διαβάθμιση "Άκρως Απόρρητον", συμπεριλαμβάνουν 5 εκθέσεις των αμερικανικών μυστικών υπηρεσιών, βασισμένες στις "υποκλοπές των επικοινωνιών" των 3 προέδρων της Γαλλίας.
Σύνταξη: Εύα Αργυρού, Στέλιος Κρέουζος
Πηγή: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
riknews.com.cy
24/6/15
France 'will not tolerate' threat to security...
ReplyDeleteFrance "will not tolerate" acts that threaten its security, President Francois Hollande says, after Wikileaks revealed that the US spied on him and his two predecessors.
A statement from the French presidency (in French) said the US must respect a promise not to spy on French leaders.
Wikileaks says US spies eavesdropped on Mr Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac between 2006-12.
The US said it would not comment "specific intelligence allegations".
Ned Price, a spokesman for the US National Security Council, added that the US was "not targeting and will not target" the communications of Mr Hollande".
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has previously been accused of spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and on Brazilian and Mexican leaders.....BBC
France: spying ‘unacceptable between allies’...
ReplyDeleteFrance said Wednesday that spying was "unacceptable between allies" after WikiLeaks said leaked documents showed that the U.S. wiretapped President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors.
"It is unacceptable between allies," French government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said, shortly before an emergency meeting called by Hollande with his security chiefs.
"It is difficult to accept that between allies... there can be this kind of activity, particularly related to wiretapping linked to the president of the Republic," Le Foll said.
"When we are fighting terrorism, one has trouble imagining or understanding what would motivate an ally to spy on his allies," he added.
Le Foll also tried to play down the controversy, saying it was not something that should trigger a major crisis.
"There are enough dangerous crises in the world today," he said.
The White House insisted Tuesday it is not targeting Hollande's communications and will not do so.....AFP......alarabiya.net
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius summoned the U.S. ambassador to France on Wednesday to explain a WikiLeaks report that the United States spied on three French presidents between at least 2006 and 2012, a French diplomatic source said.
ReplyDeleteThe French government on Wednesday summoned the US ambassador to explain allegations of what President François Hollande branded “unacceptable” spying by the United States following new revelations from WikiLeaks...
DeleteHollande held an emergency meeting of ministers and army commanders after WikiLeaks revelations that the US National Security Agency (NSA) had spied on the last three French presidents.
“France will not tolerate actions that threaten its security and the protection of its interests,” a statement from the president’s office said, adding it was not the first time that allegations of US spying on French interests had surfaced.
“Commitments were made by the US authorities. They need to be recalled and strictly respected,” the statement said....france24.com
Espionnage: "Les documents les plus importants restent à venir", assure Assange ...
ReplyDeleteLe fondateur de WikiLeaks Julian Assange a pressé mercredi Paris de réagir après les révélations d'espionnage des Etats-Unis visant son allié français mais le président Barack Obama a joué l'apaisement avec son homologue François Hollande.
"La souveraineté (de la France) ne peut pas être piétinée", a lancé le fondateur du site lanceur d'alertes, sur la télévision TF1, estimant que "le moment est venu pour la France" de lancer une enquête parlementaire et des poursuites.
Auparavant, le président Hollande avait jugé "inadmissible" l'écoute de conversations de trois chefs d'État français par les services de renseignement américains......rtbf.be
25/6/15