NSA Intercepted French Telephone Calls "On a Massive Scale"

rtoz writes "The US National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting French telephone calls 'on a massive scale,' according to a report published in Le Monde. According to Le Monde, the NSA recorded millions of telephone calls placed by French citizens over a 30-day period last year, including some placed by people with no connections to terrorist organizations. France called in the U.S. ambassador to protest the alleged large-scale spying on French citizens by NSA."

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Muslims

[benjfowler]

France is 5% Muslim, and given how feral and out-of-control their minorities are, I'd say they're fair game.

Re:Muslims

[Anonymous Coward]

That's debatable, but even taking Hitler out of the mix, the Atheists still have the High Score.

Re:Another strike against dragnetting

[cold fjord]

The US is not at war with Mexico, what business did they have doing that?

Maybe you've heard that they have a Narco-Terrorist insurgency in Mexico? They've had more people killed than the US lost in Vietnam ( 60,000+). The violence spills over the border, and the American side of the border isn't safe in many places for miles into the US. The drugs don't spill over, they flow in. So yes, the US might have a reason or two to have an idea about what is going on in Mexico.

And by the way, did you hear that some of the 9-11 hijackers were from a terrorist cell in Hamburg Germany? Maybe there is a reason for the US to keep an eye on things in Europe as well.