FINANCIAL TIMES: The US National Security Agency launched a political fightback on Tuesday against criticism of its electronic eavesdropping, claiming that controversial data about European phone calls had not been collected by the US but had been handed over by European intelligence agencies.
General Keith Alexander, director of the NSA, told a congressional hearing that the phone call data in question had also not involved European citizens…
A US official said that a large part of the phone call data in question was monitored to prevent threats against Nato forces in Afghanistan… (more)
