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WikiLeaks: The NSA Spied on Three French Presidents

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from Sputnik News: 

The US National Security Agency has spied on three French presidents and their administrations over the past 10 years, according to top-secret documents released Tuesday by whisteblower group WikiLeaks.

The US spy agency targeted the communications of French presidents Francois Hollande (2012–present), Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012), and Jacques Chirac (1995–2007), as well as French cabinet ministers and the French Ambassador to the United States, WikiLeaks said in a releaseannouncing the collection of documents, which it is calling “Espionnage Élysée.”

According to WikiLeaks, the documents include communications showing that French President Francois Hollande approved a secret meeting with German opposition figures – without the knowledge of German Chancellor Angela Merkel – to discuss the euro-zone crisis, and that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to resume peace talks between Israel and Palestine without US involvement.

Other intercepted communications address some of the most pressing issues facing France and the international community over the last ten years, including the global financial crisis, the Greek debt crisis, and the future of the European Union, among others.

The NSA intercepted one French communication, dated March 24, 2010, which shows that France planned to complain to the United States about the NSA intercepting French communications.

Per the WikiLeaks synopsis of that document:

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