NSA monitored 60 million Spanish calls, but denies claims President Obama knew about Merkel phone-tapping

Sooraj Shah
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US spy agency allegedly asked Japanese government to allow it to tap into fibre-optic cables in 2011

The US National Security Agency (NSA) has allegedly monitored 60 million phone calls in Spain in just one month. The reports, stemming from Spanish newspaper El Mundo, claim that documents provi...

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