'Unacceptable' NSA eavesdropping
(B2) The Elysée insisted on reacting with some vigor to the revelations of Wikileaks on the tapping carried out by the NSA on several French presidents - Chirac, Sarkozy, Holland, over the period 2006-2012. A Defense Council was convened this Wednesday (June 24) in the morning. And the tone is harsh.
Unacceptable facts?
« These are unacceptable facts which have already given rise to clarifications between the United States and France, in particular at the end of 2013 at the time of the first revelations and during the State visit of the President of the Republic to the United States. United in February 2014 ". Commitments had been caught by US authorities. They must be remembered and strictly respected ". France " will not tolerate any action jeopardizing its safety and the protection of its interests..
NB: The tone is martial. A little more and we would declare war? 😉 This should not be misleading. Between Paris and Washington, even if there are tactical disagreements, there is the same strategic line that extends whether it is the intervention in the Sahel, the position on Iran or on Russia . One sometimes plays the "bad cop", sometimes it's the other. But in terms of intelligence, there is cooperation and exchanges. And, overall, the content of the exchanges revealed by the Wikileaks "telegrams" is far from sensational and totally unexpected. If they only know that, we are not in the secret of the Gods either. We eagerly await the sequel.
(NGV)
