France calls latest report of U.S. spying "totally unacceptable"
- 11 years ago
The latest leak in U.S. surveillance programs involving Edward Snowden has hit U.S. ally France.
In a new report, the French newspaper Le Monde says the N.S.A. recorded more than 70 million phone calls and text messages of French citizens.
The surveillance happened between December 2012 and January of this year.
Le Monde Deputy Editor Remy Ourdan says the allegations prove France has fallen victim to the same surveillance as in Great Britain and in Germany.
(SOUNDBITE) (French) DEPUTY CHIEF EDITOR AT LE MONDE REMY OURDAN SAYING:
"Through the secret Prism and Upstream programs, the surveillance and spying goes beyond the constant and official justification of the fight against terrorism."
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says he has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to France, Charles Rivkin, to the Foreign Ministry to explain the latest revelations.
(SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER LAURENT FABIUS SAYING:
"We had already been alerted
In a new report, the French newspaper Le Monde says the N.S.A. recorded more than 70 million phone calls and text messages of French citizens.
The surveillance happened between December 2012 and January of this year.
Le Monde Deputy Editor Remy Ourdan says the allegations prove France has fallen victim to the same surveillance as in Great Britain and in Germany.
(SOUNDBITE) (French) DEPUTY CHIEF EDITOR AT LE MONDE REMY OURDAN SAYING:
"Through the secret Prism and Upstream programs, the surveillance and spying goes beyond the constant and official justification of the fight against terrorism."
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says he has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to France, Charles Rivkin, to the Foreign Ministry to explain the latest revelations.
(SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER LAURENT FABIUS SAYING:
"We had already been alerted