Is Obama Admin spying for political advantage, or “National Security”?
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – “We have said broadly that we are, at the President’s direction, reviewing the way that we gather intelligence to insure that we properly balance the security concerns of our citizens & allies with the privacy concerns that all people share,” responded White House Press Secretary Jay Carney when asked about the revelation and NSA-generated scandal that the U.S. may have been monitoring the cell phone calls of the heads of state of our nation’s foreign leaders.
Last Wednesday, Germany became the latest ally to protest the scope of the National Security Agency (NSA) spying scandal, when German Chancellor Angela Merkel personally called President Barack Obama 
after finding out the NSA may have wiretapped her cell phone.
A new report by The Guardian (watch video here) says the NSA used information from the White House, State Department and Pentagon to acquire – and then monitor – the phone numbers of 35 world leaders.
Does the argument about “National Security” here stand up, or is the Obama Administration liberally spying for political advantage or manipulation?
- Germany joins
- France
- China
India- Mexico and
- Brazil as an ally the NSA targeted in its surveillance program.
RT America’s Sam Sacks talks to Lizzie Phelan, head of the newsroom for Ruptly, about the latest diplomatic scandal brought on by the NSA leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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