Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday claimed that a report that the US government has continued to spy on some leaders of allied nations "might be worse" than the story suggests.

The Wall Street Journal on�Tuesday reported that the National Security Agency continued to�eavesdrop on�friendly heads of�state even after�President Barack Obama pledged to�curtail the activity.

According to�former and current US officials who spoke to�the newspaper, the NSA spied on�Israeli officials and members of�US Congress during�the Iran nuclear talks this year.

Senator Rubio, appearing on�television show "Fox & Friends" ahead of�a campaign event in�Iowa, claimed that the full picture "might be worse," saying that he did not think the report "gets the entire story."

"Well, I want to�be very careful. I'm on, a member of�the [Senate] Intelligence Committee, so obviously I want to�be very careful of�what I say about�information of�this kind. Obviously people read this report, they have a right to�be concerned this morning about�it," he said.

"They have a right to�be concerned about�the fact that while some leaders around�the world are no longer being targeted, one of�our strongest allies in�the Middle East � Israel � is," he continued. "These are all concerns, and they're legitimate."
By Sputnik

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