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Germany: We Think The NSA Tapped Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cell Phone For Years

Michael KelleyOct 23, 2013, 23:24 IST

REUTERS/Michael Sohn

The German government's spokesman said it believes Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone may have been monitored by the National Security Agency, Bloomberg reports.

Der Spiegel reports that Merkel has complained to Obama directly. Obama "assured" Merkel that the U.S. is not monitoring her personal communications. She had said that would be unacceptable.

The report comes after allegations that the NSA read text messages and listened to phone calls of President Enrique Pena Nieto and recorded 70.3 million French civilian phone calls from Dec. 10, 2012, to Jan. 8 of this year.

More details to follow.