The leader of France’s far right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, has declared that the United States is not “an ally or a friend” to the French, in light of Wikileaks reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on three French presidents.
According to classified documents leaked by the whistleblower site Wikileaks this week, former French presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, and incumbent François Hollande were all subject to U.S. wiretapping during their time in office. The reports have triggered public outrage from French officials, similar to the reaction from German politicians when reports that the NSA also …read more
Source: Newsweek