{"id":263334,"date":"2021-05-31T21:37:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T18:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-could-the-us-allegedly-eavesdrop\/"},"modified":"2021-05-31T21:37:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T18:37:58","slug":"why-could-the-us-allegedly-eavesdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-could-the-us-allegedly-eavesdrop\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why could the US allegedly eavesdrop?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark \u2014 Several European nations want Denmark to explain why its foreign secret service allegedly helped the United States spy on European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, more than seven years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want the cards on the table,\u2019 said Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hulqvist, adding it was \u201cunacceptable to eavesdrop on allies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Danish lawmaker Karsten Hoenge of the left-leaning Social<\/a>ist People\u2019s Party, which is supporting Denmark\u2019s Social Democratic government, said Monday that he would quiz the Scandinavian country\u2019s defense and justice ministers in parliament about the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government must explain how come Denmark has been acting as a willing tool for a U.S. intelligence service, and what it will mean for cooperation with Denmark\u2019s neighboring countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Danish broadcaster DR said Sunday that the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, known in Denmark by its acronym FE, in 2014 conducted an internal investigation into whether the U.S. National Security Agency had used its cooperation with the Danes to spy against Denmark and neighboring countries.<\/p>\n

The probe concluded that NSA had eavesdropped on political leaders and officials in Germany, France, Sweden and Norway.<\/p>\n

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said it was \u201cunacceptable if countries that have close allied cooperation should feel the need to spy on each other or obtain information about them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Spying on others \u201ccreates more mistrust than it creates collaboration. So, it\u2019s not a smart investment for the United States,\u201d she told the Norwegian broadcaster NRK.<\/p>\n

According to DR, the alleged set-up between the United States and Denmark was codenamed \u201cOperation Dunhammer.\u201d It reportedly allowed the NSA to obtain data by using the telephone numbers of politicians as search parameters.<\/p>\n

DR said its report was based on interviews with nine unnamed sources, all of whom were said to have had access to classified information held by the FE. The military agency allegedly helped the NSA from 2012 to 2014.<\/p>\n

Merkel\u2019s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said Monday that \u201cthe German government has taken note of the reporting. It is in contact with all relevant national and international authorities for clarification.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seibert said Merkel found out about the latest spying report as a result of questions from journalists.<\/p>\n

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Reports in 2013 that the NSA listened in on German government phones, including Merkel\u2019s, prompted a diplomatic spat between Berlin and Washington that soured otherwise good relations with Barack Obama\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

Merkel at the time declared that \u201cspying among friends\u201d was unacceptable. Still, there were also reports that Germany\u2019s own BND intelligence agency may have helped the U.S. spy on European companies and officials.<\/p>\n

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who revealed details of the secret U.S. eavesdropping programs in 2013, reacted to the DR report with a sarcastic tweet in Danish: \u201cOh, why didn\u2019t anyone warn us?\u201d<\/p>\n

In a written comment to DR, Danish Defense Minister Trine Bramsen said the government cannot discuss intelligence matters.<\/p>\n

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Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks in Moscow. <\/figcaption>
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She added the present government has \u201cthe same point of view \u201d as the former Social Democratic government led by Helle Thorning-Schmidt who was in power during that period: \u201cthe systematic wiretapp<\/a>ing of close allies is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

In August, Bramsen relieved the head of the country\u2019s foreign intelligence service, among others, after an independent watchdog heavily criticized the spy agency for deliberately withholding information and violating Danish laws.<\/p>\n

Denmark has two intelligence agencies, the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, which is also responsible for military intelligence, and the domestic Danish Security and Intelligence Service, known by its Danish acronym PET.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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