Wikileaks has released a new cache of documents, it says shows US intelligence bugged private meetings between major world leaders, including the UN Secretary General and the German Chancellor.
It claims the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu are also among those who had their conversations listened to by the National Security Agency.
RELEASE: NSA intercepts of UN Sec Gen Ban KiMoon, Merkel, Netanyahu, Sarkozy & Berlusconi https://t.co/XbwyNSwTXg pic.twitter.com/ZpsX5JowXv
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 23, 2016
NSA spied on Israel’s attempts to repair relations with U.S. https://t.co/0yst1sU49X More: https://t.co/XbwyNSwTXg
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 23, 2016
RELEASE: New NSA docs show the US explicitly targetted phones of EU trade officials and economists in Brussels https://t.co/nRy0PeYP0c
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 23, 2016
RELEASE: New NSA docs show the US explicitly targetted phones of the UN refugee agency heads @refugees #UNHCR https://t.co/If3gW239MO
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 23, 2016
In a statement, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says the documents show that private meetings about climate change, global economics and 'how to deal with Obama' were listened to.
