Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Spain announces inquiry into alleged surveillance of citizens by NSA
Source: The Guardian
Spain announces inquiry into alleged surveillance of citizens by NSA
Paul Hamilos in Madrid
theguardian.com, Tuesday 29 October 2013 18.01 GMT
Spain's public prosecutor's office announced on Tuesday that it had launched a preliminary inquiry into the alleged widespread surveillance of Spanish citizens' private phone calls and emails by the US National Security Agency, to determine whether it could be prosecuted under Spanish law.
It was reported on Monday that the NSA had monitored 60.5m Spanish phone calls in the space of one month alone, in the latest revelations from the documents leaked by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The attorney general, Eduardo Torres-Dulce, issued a statement saying that, having seen the media reports "about a possible interception and irregular access to telephonic and/or electronic metadata ... by foreign official services" it would determine the exact nature of any potential crime and whether this could be punished under Spanish law.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Paul Hamilos in Madrid
theguardian.com, Tuesday 29 October 2013 18.01 GMT
Spain's public prosecutor's office announced on Tuesday that it had launched a preliminary inquiry into the alleged widespread surveillance of Spanish citizens' private phone calls and emails by the US National Security Agency, to determine whether it could be prosecuted under Spanish law.
It was reported on Monday that the NSA had monitored 60.5m Spanish phone calls in the space of one month alone, in the latest revelations from the documents leaked by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The attorney general, Eduardo Torres-Dulce, issued a statement saying that, having seen the media reports "about a possible interception and irregular access to telephonic and/or electronic metadata ... by foreign official services" it would determine the exact nature of any potential crime and whether this could be punished under Spanish law.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/29/spain-inquiry-surveillance-citizens-nsa
