Allies expressed dismay following a massive intelligence leak, but acknowledge they are dependent on the vast surveillance reach of the U.S.
While President Biden, speaking during a trip to Ireland this week, downplayed the significance of the leaked material, he announced new steps on Friday “to further secure and limit distribution of sensitive information.”
At the heart of that seeming contradiction is the United States’ unparalleled system of electronic intelligence collection, which has been built up over decades at the cost of untold billions of dollars.
After the Snowden files revealed that the NSA collected conversations on multiple French leaders and monitored 70.3 million French phone records in a 30-day period, French President François Hollande expressed his “deep disapproval” to President Barack Obama.When the files showed the agency had been listening in on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone calls, protests erupted across Germany and the CIA station chief was expelled.
This time, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin contacted several counterparts including German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius andSecretary of State Antony Blinken likewise discussed them with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, during a previously scheduled call following this month’s NATO ministerial in Brussels, U.S. officials said. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has also held a handful of calls with her counterparts to talk about the issue in recent days.
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