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NSA Monitored Calls of 35 World Leaders; Mistrust Mounts: Merkel and Hollande to Change Intelligence - Mish - Global Economic Analysis

Rumor has it that J. Edgar Hoover could pretty much do whatever he wanted because he had all sorts of leverage gained through intelligence gathering.

I note the conspicuous absence of indignant commentary aimed at NSA coming from our members of Congress.

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." - Archimedes

Moving a few key politicians isn't near as grandiose, but it could be damn effective.

I wonder if the politicians in Congress understand just how easy it would be for our supposed allies to disconnect the fiber optic lines running to the US. The US needs commerce with the world far more than the world needs commerce with the US. Anyone remember that comment that came out of China about de-Americanizing the world?

Everything is connected to everything.
Everything has to go somewhere.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. TANSTAAFL

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Beginning of the headline :NSA contact lists show NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders. The National Security Agency monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after being given the numbers by an official in another US government department, according to a classified document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The confidential memo reveals that the NSA encourages senior officials in its "customer" departments, such as the White House, State and the Pentagon, to share their "Rolodexes" so the agency... Read More

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