BRUSSELS, Oct 24, 2013 (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, angry at revelations of US snooping on her, will discuss covert US surveillance in Europe with French President Francois Hollande Thursday, a French diplomatic source said.
Snowden underlined the dangers of NSA spy programs, saying, "It's a sort of dragnet mass surveillance that puts entire populations under a sort of eye that sees everything, even when it's not needed.”
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff Monday accused the United States of spying on oil giant Petrobras for its own "economic and strategic" reasons -- not for national security.
Tehran, YJC. -- Microsoft on Friday said that a battle to shed light on secret US government requests for Internet user data would play out in court after failed peace talks.
Tehran, YJC. -- European Parliament president Martin Schulz said Tuesday he was sympathetic to an asylum request by fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, comparing reports of US spying on EU offices to "KGB methods".
TEHRAN, YJC. -- US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday accused China of waging cyber espionage against the United States, stepping up pressure on Beijing over the issue ahead of a key summit between their leaders.