http://dagblog.com/link/nsa-chief-keith-alexander-blames-diplomats-surveillance-requests-17692 Comments for "NSA chief Keith Alexander blames diplomats for surveillance requests" en http://dagblog.com/comment/185783#comment-185783 <a id="comment-185783"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/nsa-chief-keith-alexander-blames-diplomats-surveillance-requests-17692">NSA chief Keith Alexander blames diplomats for surveillance requests</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Blame game food fight:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/31/john-kerry-some-surveillance-gone-too-far">US surveillance has gone too far, John Kerry admits</a></p> <p><em>Kerry says certain practices occurred 'on autopilot' and vows to meet allies to repair damage caused by NSA spying revelations</em></p> <p>By Dan Roberts and Spencer Ackerman in Washington and Paul Lewis in Baltimore,<br /><em>theguardian.com</em>, 1 Nov. 2013</p> <p>[....] In recent days, the Obama administration has put some distance between it and the National Security Agency (<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/nsa" title="More from the Guardian on NSA">NSA</a>). Kerry's comments are a reflection in particular of a concern about the diplomatic fallout from the revelation that the US monitored the cellphone of the German chancellor, Angela Merkel.</p> <p>The tactic has irritated senior intelligence officials. On Thursday evening, the director of the NSA, General Keith Alexander, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/01/nsa-keith-alexander-blames-diplomats-surveillance-foreign-leaders">blamed US diplomats for requests to place foreign leaders under surveillance</a> [....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:50:35 +0000 artappraiser comment 185783 at http://dagblog.com