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Australia Spied On Indonesian President

Posted by timothy on from the hey-neighbor dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "Australia tracked calls by Indonesia's president, documents leaked by defence contractor Edward Snowden reveal. The nation's top spy agency the Australian Signals Directorate tracked phone calls made and received on the mobile phone of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for 15 days in August 2009, and also tracked his wife and inner political circle. Indonesia was Australia's nearest and most important regional neighbour."

2 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Please shoot this man. by nospam007 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "The facts are the facts; he's a threat to national security, right or wrong. "

    You got that wrong. He's a threat to the National Security _Agency_!
    National security is quite OK.

  2. Re: Are we surprised? by Harlequin80 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yes australia did. Its called Anzus. Perhaps one of the biggest treaty coupes in Australias history.

    Despite what people may think australia cannot defend itself without support. America is the ONLY logical source of that support.