«Σιγά την έκπληξη, οι χώρες κατασκοπεύουν η μία την άλλη» είπε η Ολμπράιτ
Σύμφωνα με δημοσίευμα της Globalpost η πρώην επικεφαλής του Στέιτ Ντιπάρτμεντ Μαντλίν Ολμπράιτ δήλωσε ότι και οι γαλλικές μυστικές υπηρεσίες την παρακολουθούσαν όταν εκείνη ήταν ενεργό μέλος της αμερικανικής διπλωματίας. «Σιγά την έκπληξη, οι χώρες κατασκοπεύουν η μία την άλλη» είπε η Ολμπράιτ μιλώντας στο Κέντρο Αμερικανικής Προόδου.Η Ολμπράιτ η οποία υπήρξε πρεσβευτής των ΗΠΑ στον ΟΗΕ από το 1993 ως το 1997 προτού αναλάβει το Στέιτ Ντιπάρτμεντ, είπε ότι έμαθε από πρώτο χέρι ότι ήταν στο στόχαστρο των γαλλικών μυστικών υπηρεσιών όταν ήταν στα Ηνωμένα Εθνη.
«Θυμάμαι πολύ καλά ότι όταν ήμουν στον ΟΗΕ ένας γάλλος πρεσβευτής ήρθε και με ρώτησε: "Γιατί είπες αυτό σε εκείνον και γιατί θέλεις γυναίκες στην κυβέρνηση;"»
«Παρακαλώ;» του απάντησα. «Το είχαν υποκλέψει».
Η Ολμπράιτ είπε πάντως ότι οι διαρροές του Εντουαρντ Σνόουντεν έβλαψαν σημαντικά τις ΗΠΑ.
«Mεγάλο μέρος της εξωτερικής πολιτικής είναι κουτσομπολιά, να μαθαίνεις κάτι που είπε κάποιος για κάποιον άλλον και να το χρησιμοποιείς μακροπρόθεσμα για να διαχειριστείς μια συγκεκριμένη χώρα» εξήγησε η ίδια.
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24/10/13
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France condemns US for spying on its citizens. -President Hollande calls US counterpart to express "deep disapproval" over tapping of 70m communications in a month.
Η Γαλλία διαθέτει το δικό της σύστημα παρακολούθησης τύπου Prism
Μάρτιν Σουλτς: «Οι ΗΠΑ μεταχειρίζονται τους φίλους τους σαν εχθρικές δυνάμεις»
US plays down reports of spying on EU, other allies
Θύμα αμερικανικής κατασκοπείας και η Α. Μέρκελ;Το Der Spiegel συμπεραίνει, ότι «η παρακολούθηση γίνεται με την έγκριση του Λευκού Οίκου».
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EU summit starts off with surveillance scandal...
ReplyDeleteBRUSSELS, October 24. (Itar-Tass) – The fall European Union summit has kicked off in Brussels on Thursday. Initially it was supposed to deal with economic issues, however, in the light of recent events, spying was the top agenda. Heads of states governments started discussing the possible snooping conducted by American intelligence services, specifically, alleged wiretapping of the phones of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and France’s President François Hollande.
Wiretapping scandal
The summit began with a series of harsh remarks of European leaders directed at American espionage in Europe.
For instance, one diplomat told Itar-Tass on the sidelines: “The EU has no idea why the U.S. spies on its most trusted partners; it really is a scandal, which can extremely negatively affect international relations.”
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, noted that “American actions lead to emergence of state totalitarianism,” and promised to work on improving safety of personal data of European citizens.
Referring to the allegations of a possible wiretapping of Angela Merkel’s phone by American surveillance services, she said “friends don’t spy on friends,” adding that now the United States need to restore faith.
Earlier this week the French newspaper Le Monde published documents saying that in December 10, 2012 - January 8, 2013 alone the National Security Agency (NSA) intercepted tens of millions of calls by French citizens, among them diplomats, outstanding politicians and businessmen. In a phone conversation with US President Barack Obama earlier this week Hollande requested explanations of the disclosed practice......http://www.itar-tass.com/c32/925209.html
24/10/13
EE UU espió los móviles de 35 líderes mundiales....
ReplyDeleteEl diario británico 'The Guardian' revela que la NSA intervino 200 números de teléfono de jefes de Estado y de Gobierno.
La Agencia de Seguridad Nacional (NSA) de EE UU espió las conversaciones telefónicas de 35 líderes mundiales según revela el diario británico The Guardian. La agencia habría recurrido a funcionarios de otros departamentos del Gobierno estadounidense con contacto directo con políticos internacionales para obtener una base de números y cruzar la información obtenida, de acuerdo con un documento clasificado filtrado por el excontratista de NSA Edward Snowden.
El informe confidencial revela que la NSA fomenta que altos funcionarios en sus departamentos, como la Casa Blanca, el departamento Estado y el Pentágono, compartan sus "agendas electrónicas" para que la agencia puede sumar los números de teléfono de los líderes políticos extranjeros a sus sistemas de vigilancia......http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/10/24/actualidad/1382640063_178177.html
24/10/13
NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after US official handed over contacts...
Delete• Agency given more than 200 numbers by government official
• NSA encourages departments to share their 'Rolodexes'
• Surveillance produced 'little intelligence', memo acknowledges
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The National Security Agency monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after being given the numbers by an official in another US government department, according to a classified document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The confidential memo reveals that the NSA encourages senior officials in its "customer" departments, such the White House, State and the Pentagon, to share their "Rolodexes" so the agency can add the phone numbers of leading foreign politicians to their surveillance systems.
The document notes that one unnamed US official handed over 200 numbers, including those of the 35 world leaders, none of whom is named. These were immediately "tasked" for monitoring by the NSA.
The revelation is set to add to mounting diplomatic tensions between the US and its allies, after the German chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday accused the US of tapping her mobile phone.
After Merkel's allegations became public, White House press secretary Jay Carney issued a statement that said the US "is not monitoring and will not monitor" the German chancellor's communications. But that failed to quell the row, as officials in Berlin quickly pointed out that the US did not deny monitoring the phone in the past.......http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/nsa-surveillance-world-leaders-calls
24/10/13
Brazil, Germany jointly initiate discussion of UN resolution against US spying...
ReplyDeleteWASHINGTON, October 25 (Itar-Tass) - Brazil and Germany convened in New York on Thursday a meeting with representatives of a number of Latin American and European governments to discuss a draft UN resolution that calls for expanding privacy rights contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to the Internet, the U.S. Foreign Policy magazine reported with reference to its own sources.
According to the publication, it is “the first major international effort to restrain the National Security Agency’s (NSA) intrusions into the online communications of foreigners, according to diplomatic sources familiar with the push.” The resolution is planned to be put to the vote at the UN Committee on Human Rights before the year end.
“The draft does not refer to a flurry of American spying revelations that have caused a political uproar around the world, particularly in Brazil and Germany. But it was clear that the revelation provided the political momentum to trigger today’s move to the United Nations. The blowback from the NSA leaks continues to agonise U.S. diplomats and military officials concerned about America's image abroad,” writes Foreign Policy.
"This is an example of the very worst aspects of the Snowden disclosures,” said a former U.S. defence official with deep experience in NATO, referring to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. “It will be very difficult for the U.S. to dig out of this, although we will over time. The short term costs in credibility and trust are enormous,” he added.
“The worst case scenario I think would be having our European allies saying they will no longer share signals intelligence because of a concern that our SigInt is being derived from mechanisms that violate their privacy rules,” said Ray Kimball, an army strategist with policy experience on European issues. He stressed that he was not speaking for the military.
The authors of the publication emphasise that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights has a provision in the Article 17, saying that “no one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation.” It also states that “everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.”
“The covenant was formulated at a time when the Internet didn’t exist,” said a diplomat familiar with the negotiations. “Everyone has the right to privacy and the goal is to this resolution is to apply those protections to online communications.” The countries initiators of the new resolution believe that at present this prohibition is relevant more than ever.
Foreign Policy believes that the initiative could find a positive response not only in Brazil, Mexico, France, Italy and Germany that have already been affected by the U.S. wiretapping scandal, but also in other countries.
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