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Report: NSA Tracked Millions of Phone Calls in Spain

HeadlineOct 28, 2013

In another new disclosure, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reports today the National Security Agency tracked more than 60 million calls in Spain over the course of a month last year. The U.S. ambassador to Spain, James Costos, has been summoned to the Spanish Foreign Ministry today in response. A delegation of German and French lawmakers are now in Washington to press for answers on the allegations of U.S. spying in their home countries. On Friday, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki acknowledged U.S. surveillance has damaged foreign relations and is now under review.

Jen Psaki: “The president has directed us to review, directed the government to review our surveillance capabilities, including with respect to our foreign partners. We want to ensure we’re collecting information because we need it and not just because we can. There is no question that — that the disclosure of classified information has become — has posed a moment of tension with some of our allies. We’re having discussions with those allies.”

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