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TURKEY TO TAKE MEASURES AGAINST BUGGING
12:08 ~U 26.10.13
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has said his country could employ all
kinds of measures against bugging, commenting on recent claims that
the United States monitored phone conversations of 35 world leaders,
Today's Zaman reported.
"We could take all kinds of measures on this issue. Our relevant
institutions could take necessary precautions," Gul said on Friday
in Kayseri.
British newspaper The Guardian said on Thursday that it had obtained
a confidential memo suggesting the US National Security Agency (NSA)
was able to monitor 35 world leaders' communications in 2006. The
memo said the NSA encouraged senior officials at the White
House, the Pentagon and other agencies to share their contacts so the
spy agency could add foreign leaders' phone numbers to its surveillance
systems, the report said.
The Guardian did not identify who was reportedly eavesdropped on,
but said the memo termed the payoff very meager: "Little reportable
intelligence" was obtained, it said.
The report came amidst suspicions that Washington bugged German
Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone, in the worst spat between the close
allies in a decade.
The White House did not deny the bugging, saying only that it would
not happen in the future. President Barack Obama spoke with Merkel
to assure her she was not now under surveillance.
Armenian News - Tert.am
12:08 ~U 26.10.13
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has said his country could employ all
kinds of measures against bugging, commenting on recent claims that
the United States monitored phone conversations of 35 world leaders,
Today's Zaman reported.
"We could take all kinds of measures on this issue. Our relevant
institutions could take necessary precautions," Gul said on Friday
in Kayseri.
British newspaper The Guardian said on Thursday that it had obtained
a confidential memo suggesting the US National Security Agency (NSA)
was able to monitor 35 world leaders' communications in 2006. The
memo said the NSA encouraged senior officials at the White
House, the Pentagon and other agencies to share their contacts so the
spy agency could add foreign leaders' phone numbers to its surveillance
systems, the report said.
The Guardian did not identify who was reportedly eavesdropped on,
but said the memo termed the payoff very meager: "Little reportable
intelligence" was obtained, it said.
The report came amidst suspicions that Washington bugged German
Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone, in the worst spat between the close
allies in a decade.
The White House did not deny the bugging, saying only that it would
not happen in the future. President Barack Obama spoke with Merkel
to assure her she was not now under surveillance.
Armenian News - Tert.am