A WORLD ANGRY AT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OVER HACKING AND EAVESDROPPING CLAIMS

 

Revelations that the US has been monitoring mobile phones,including that of German Chancellor Angela Merkel have caused a worldwide furore.The claims are threatening diplomatic ties between the US and other countries,with Germany summoning US ambassador John Emerson yesterday.

-Angela Merkel says America must re-earn Germany's trust after phone-tapping revelations

-Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff cancelled a state visit to the US and slammed Washington at the United Nations General Assembly following allegations that the National Security Agency(NSA) was spying on Brazilian government and commercial interests.

-Mexicos’s new President Enrique Pena Nieto is making hay from claims that the NSA hacked his personal email.

-French President Monsieur Francois Hollande has aleady called for the matter to be put on the summit agenda following reports that millions of French calls had been monitored.

-David Cameron on his part says the Snowden revelations have been damaging to the UK’s national security.

Mr.Snowden,a former contractor for the CIA,left the US in late May after leaking to the media details of extensive internet and phone surveillance by American Intelligence.Via the MirrorUK.