The French president, François
Hollande, has described revelations that
the US spied on three successive French
presidents as unacceptable and said
Paris would not tolerate actions that
threaten its security.
The US ambassador was summoned to
the foreign ministry for an explanation
after WikiLeaks documents published
late on Tuesday showed that the US had
bugged French leaders’ telephones.
François Hollande holds emergency
meeting after WikiLeaks claims US spied
on three French presidents
But Hollande’s government faces
accusations of hypocrisy, with MPs due
to vote through a law later on
Wednesday that would give intelligence
agencies sweeping new powers to snoop
on French people.
The bill allows phone and email
intercepts without the approval of a
judge, seen by critics as a serious threat
to individual freedom and privacy. The
French authorities argue the measures
are necessary following the attacks on
the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine
and a Kosher supermarket in January.
It was not clear whether the timing of
the WikiLeaks release was deliberate.
The revelation that the US National
Security Agency (NSA) had spied on
three presidents – Jacques Chirac,
Nicolas Sarkozy and Hollande – caused
outrage and indignation in France and
prompted Hollande to call an emergency
defence council meeting on Wednesday
morning.
A statement after the crisis summit,
described by France’s prime minister,
Manuel Valls, as being “full of emotion
and anger”, blasted US snooping as
unacceptable and demanded it stop.
“France will not tolerate actions that
threaten its security and the protection
of its interests,” the French president’s
office said, adding that US spying
allegations had surfaced in the past.
“These are unacceptable facts that have
already been the subject of clarification
between the US and France, notably at
the end of 2013 when the first
revelations were made and during a
state visit by the president of the
republic to the United States in
February 2014. Commitments were
made by the US authorities. They need
to be recalled and strictly respected.”

Moral of the story: don't trust your friends because they do not trust you

Its just like telling obasanjo to stop politics the us government feeds on spying its like fufu and egwusi soup to them.
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