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| Subject: US Neo-Stasi spying: European leaders raise concerns Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:59 am | |
| European leaders, stunned by revelations of an extensive US surveillance program that included their citizens, moved on Monday to demand more information from the US government and said they would discuss ways to bolster their already-stringent privacy laws.
And in Britain, where intelligence agencies have long had robust cooperation with their American counterparts, a top official tried on Monday to limit potential uproar, telling parliament that the partnership had not been used to circumvent British laws.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to raise the issue when she meets in Berlin with President Obama next week, a spokesman said, and other German officials said that they were concerned by the apparent monitoring of their citizens. Top officials of the 27-nation European Union also said they would press the US government on the matter at bilateral meetings later this week.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/european-leaders-raise-concerns-on-us-spying-20130611-2o0qe.html#ixzz2VtsmIsTx
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