The United States did not just tap chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone but also eavesdropped on several of her ministers, the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung has reported, citing documents from WikiLeaks.
German-US relations were badly strained after fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden in 2013 revealed widespread US foreign surveillance, although a probe into the alleged tapping of Merkel’s mobile phone was dropped in June over a lack of evidence. But according to the latest revelations the US National Security Agency did not limit its snooping activities to Merkel and showed particular interest in the activities of the ministries of finance, economy and agriculture, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported. It said WikiLeaks had shown it a list of 69 phone numbers belonging to ministers and senior officials that were reportedly targeted. The list appears to date back to between 2010 and 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2...a-merkels-ministers-too-says-german-newspaper http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/03/politics/germany-media-spying-obama-administration/
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