Hello Everybody! We Are Starting off With the NSA Targeting World Leaders!
We all know the NSA is prone to spying on everyone, but is anybody free from it?
According to Some Leaks This Year, a resounding No
Wikileaks published some highly classified documents. Many of them showing that the NSA spied on private meetings and talks of leaders around the world. The leaks are from early 2016, but are mostly older documents.
The United States even Bugged one of the Multi-National Climate Change Agreement’s Meetings
Wikileaks got a hold of a document about a bugged meeting between a South Korean statesperson (Ban Kai-Moon) and the German Chancellor (Angela Merkel). Ban Ki-moon expressed concerns that the world would be watching the UN closely, for “reassurances that it will maintain its leadership role in combating climate change”. He also said that without positive support from the EU it would be difficult for an agreement to be reached with the UN in Poznan. He also praised Angela Merkel on her work and discussed a mini summit meeting with the United States to get a clear idea of their intentions.
This was in 2009, soon after Obama was elected.
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The United States Tapped Into Sensitive Italian Diplomatic Cables
They got sensitive knowledge from secret political discussion both between nations and within Italy. Two pieces of text help by the NSA were released, one from 2010 and one from 2011.
The first one, from 2010, is about a conversation between Berlusconi (The prime minister of Italy) and Netanyahu (the prime minister of Israel). Netanyahu wished for help to correct relationships with the United States. Berlusconi promised he would help.
The 2011 was a write up a of a description of a meeting between the leaders of Germany, France and Italy. The meeting was about pressuring Berlusconi into doing something about the debt and low productivity of Italy. Because of the high debt and banking system. They wished for Berlusconi to emulate Spain’s economy.
They Even intercepted communication between the EU and Japan
Japan wanted the United States to stop extorting them, specifically at the WTO Doha talks. (Those talks collapsed later anyway.) This one was from back in 2006. The United States was trying to overcharge Japan by 10-15% for a major project.
Not all Information Was Released in this Leak
It was released that they tapped phones of high tier economic officials. Including those in France, Belgium and Austria. They even steal biometric data of many UN officials. This includes: Personalities, biographic and biometric information, roles, effectiveness, management styles, and influence of key UN officials. They got this through many different means, sadly they are not known.
The United States had signed contracts agreeing that it would not steal this data. That did not stop them.
Not allowing other countries to decide anything privately together will heighten world tensions.
If the United States can spy on world leaders......How safe are you?
Blockchains can not be easily deleted. Not all the crimes of governments can be hidden. This account is to show the true nature of such governments. Few people know what governments are prepared to do. Fewer go through wikileaks for information.
My goal is to bring the information to the people in an accessible way through Steem.