Posted on 10/31/2013 7:53:11 PM PDT by TexGrill
JAKARTA: Indonesia said Thursday it was summoning the Australian ambassador after a report that his embassy in Jakarta was being used for surveillance as part of a US-led spying network.
Ambassador Greg Moriarty will face questions at the foreign ministry Friday over the "totally unacceptable" activities reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, the ministry said.
The report said Australian embassies were being secretly used to intercept phone calls and data across Asia as part of a US-led global spying network. It cited information from fugitive analyst Edward Snowden and a former Australian intelligence officer.
The paper said the clandestine surveillance facilities at embassies were being operated without the knowledge of most Australian diplomats.
The summons was just the latest diplomatic fallout related to the US surveillance controversy, which began as a row between Washington and its European allies.
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