Regular American citizens just got some more European company in regard to whom the NSA is spying on. Add to the list three French presidents and their top staffers.
French Are Fuming Over Report That NSA Spied On 3 Presidents
NPR
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Although American public opinion is widely against the continuation of current mass surveillance policy, and despite a mounting list of foreign policy blunders, “The secretive court that oversees US government spying requests has indicated that it will temporarily renew the National Security Agency’s bulk phone records collection authority despite a new reform law that ended the dragnet.”
Surveillance court moving toward renewal of NSA spying program for 6 months
RT
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Constitutional and transparency arguments aside, “the U.S. is an awkward position in deciding how to respond to the humiliating blow [of the OPM hack, which is one of the worst hacks in US history,]” as “[T]he Obama administration has repeatedly argued that hacking into computer networks to spy on foreigners is completely acceptable behavior.”
Experts: NSA Spying May Leave the U.S. Without Moral High Ground in OPM Hack
Gov. Exec