Barack Obama has said his country's surveillance of millions of phone calls in France raised 'legitimate questions' about US spying practices.
He has been forced to reassure French President Francois Hollande that the US is reviewing its intelligence-gathering methods, following reports of aggressive surveillance. President Obama says there will be an effort to strike a balance between security and privacy.
A French newspaper claims America's National Security Agency spied on more than 70 million French phone calls in a 30-day period.
Hollande is understood to have expressed his deep disapproval expressed, calling the behaviour 'unacceptable' between friends and allies.
Elaine Cobb, CBS news correspondent in Paris told Newstalk's Breakfast earlier that the US cannot use the defence of anti-terrorism:
