Anger in France, Mexico over US spying program

France and Mexico demanded answers from the United States over new allegations Washington tapped millions of phone calls. The allegations are the latest leaks from whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.

French daily Le Monde reported the NSA secretly monitored 70.3 million phone calls in France over 30 days in 2012. German magazine Der Spiegel saed the NSA also hacked into former Mexican president Felipe Calderon’s email account. In a visit to Paris, US State Secretary John Kerry refused to comment on the accusations, but added Washington is reviewing its intelligence gathering operations in the wake of protests from allied governments. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said he was “deeply shocked” by the new revelations, adding, “It’s incredible that an allied country like the United States at this point goes as far as spying on private communications that have no strategic justification, no justification on the basis of national defense.”

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