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  • French president: Obama promises to stop US spying tactics

    06/24/2015 9:05:35 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 19 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Jun 24, 2015 11:53 AM EDT | Lori Hinnant and Angela Charlton
    French President François Hollande says he spoke with President Barack Obama about revelations of U.S. eavesdropping on French leaders, and that Obama reiterated promises to stop spying tactics considered “unacceptable between allies.” Hollande said in a statement that the two spoke by telephone Wednesday after the release of WikiLeaks documents about NSA intercepts of conversations involving Hollande and his two predecessors between 2006 and 2012. Obama made a similar pledge after Edward Snowden revealed the extent of NSA surveillance powers in 2013. Obama and Hollande discussed “the principles that should govern relations between allies in the domain of intelligence,” the...
  • French intelligence bill set to give PM sweeping powers

    04/07/2015 4:37:47 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 2 replies
    EU Observer ^ | 2 Apr 2015 | Nikolaj Nielsen
    French lawmakers on Wednesday (1 April) discussed an intelligence bill that aims to give sweeping surveillance powers to internal security agencies and the prime minister’s office. Announced a day after the museum terrorist attacks in Tunis, the bill allows agencies attached to the economy, defense and interior ministries to spy on people by hacking their computers or mobile phones without the need for a warrant.Anyone suspected of terrorism or terrorism links, even incidentally, could be a target. Prime minister Manuel Valls has said the bill is needed to detect possible terrorist activities in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre...