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WikiLeaks: NSA Eavesdropped On the Last Three French Presidents

Posted by Soulskill on from the enjoy-this-can-of-worms dept.

Earthquake Retrofit writes: The NY Times is reporting that WikiLeaks has released "material which appeared to capture officials in Paris talking candidly about Greece's economy, relations with Germany — and, ironically, American espionage." The information was leaked "a day before the French Parliament is expected to definitively pass a controversial security bill legalizing broad surveillance, particularly of terrorism suspects."

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  1. Just doing their job. by EzInKy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The job of the NSA is to spy and if they don't spy on everything spyable they aren't doing their job. Can't even figure out why this would worthy of a ./ headline.

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    1. Re:Just doing their job. by antiperimetaparalogo · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The job of the NSA is to spy and if they don't spy on everything spyable they aren't doing their job. Can't even figure out why this would worthy of a ./ headline.

      I don't disagree with you, both about the NSA and "/.", even while i am a Greek (from the summary: "capture officials in Paris talking candidly about Greece's economy"). We Greeks spy on the French, they spy on us, we both spy on USA, USA spy on both of us...

      Few years ago we had a Greek spy captured by our friends the USA while spying them, we Greeks waited for a while until we captured a fine spy gentleman from USA spying us Greeks, and as friends and allies we solved this "little issue" like gentlemen do: we exchanged our spies and continued our fine relation (and spying on each-other)... no wikileaks shit, no drama... you send your diplomats to drink some Ouzo in Athens, we send ours for some bourbon, the thing was solved with mutual understanding that "shit happens"!

      What exactly most Slashdoters expect from NSA, to sing songs about world peace? They are spies, they spy!

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    2. Re:Just doing their job. by antiperimetaparalogo · · Score: 5, Informative

      Just want to mod you down for being a deadbeat Greek.

      I respect that Sir (especially since you do NOT post as an "anonymous coward")! Unfortunately i think that, even if you had mod points, you can't mod me down since you already made a comment on this story... sorry about that.

      Your country owes money, your country needs to pay money.

      I agree.

      Your poor and destitute can go suck ass as us freemarketer's are concerned.

      Greece is still among the most rich countries of the world (keep in mind that it is our state which is in trouble, no so much the citizens).

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      Antisthenes: "Wisdom begins by examining the words/names." - excuse my English, i am (slightly...) better with my Greek!
    3. Re:Just doing their job. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      What's wrong with being a socialist?

    4. Re:Just doing their job. by someone1234 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That wouldn't stop the spying, only legalize it.

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  2. FOI Request ... by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... for candid pics of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

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