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French President François Hollande has demanded answers from US President Barack Obama about the National Security Agency’s spying on French citizens.

NSA spying on allies no big deal, says Obama

Exposed for spying even on close allies, US President Barack Obama has tried to hide behind the excuse that everybody does it so America's behavior is nothing unusual. Allies disagree and have reacted angrily especially France and Germany. New revelations about the US bugging EU offices and member countries missions at the UN have added to the angst.  Pretoria, Crescent-online >>

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NSA Spying Becomes Global Issue: French President Demands Answers from Obama, Danny Schechter Global Research, October 24, 2013 Press TV and GRTV<<

... In a statement, Hollande also expressed his deep disapproval of Washington’s eavesdropping on millions of French people’s phone calls. Hollande said spying activities between allies are not acceptable because it is a violation of French citizens’ privacy.

Meanwhile the US says some claims by the French press about its information-gathering are distorted. Earlier, the US State Department announced that it does not want to see its ties with France damaged due to the issue.

Transcript

Press TV: When the earlier revelations came by Snowden initially, it was understood that this was just the tip of the iceberg. However it seems the US is gaining the wrath of many, many governments around the world. What do you make of the recent revelations?

Schechter: Well Obama administration prided itself on its technological savvy and sophistication. Obama’s re-election was partly a function of their mastery of what is called big data.

They were able to use technology with great sophistication, but now they are being undermined by technology, a technology that they do not have under their control. One of the problems they are having is with the website for the Health Care Plan which Obama has vested his entire administration on. They cannot get people to sign up because the websites are not working and now this.

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