A political analyst says Germanys recent decision to take counter-espionage measures could set a precedent for other countries, stressing all American intelligence is now compromised with Israel. The United States has been compromised and there is a succession of presidents who have to have known this to be the case. It apparently originated with ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Germany called for less rhetoric and more action in the wake of President Obamas pledge to stop spying on world leaders. While the announcement was greeted with optimism, politicians said it was too little, from a German point of view. Barack Obama sought to allay European fears of the NSA gathering intelligence on its leaders ...

WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama unveiled reforms Friday in the vast surveillance being conducted by the country's clandestine National Security Agency. Aiming to calm uproar over NSA telecommunications surveillance, Obama outlined plans to end government control of an enormous cache of bulk phone records about calls made by Americans and foreigners,...

American whistleblower Edward Snowden has delivered his Alternative Christmas Message via Britains Channel 4, saying his revelations about the scale and scope of Washingtons spying activities were to enable people to have a say in how their governments are run. We have sensors in our pockets that track us everywhere we go. Think about what this means ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) In a report Reuters announced that Israel played down the importance of any information its allies may have gleaned. Israeli officials said on Saturday they were not surprised by allegations the United States and Britain had spied on their leaders. Leaked documents from former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor ...

'The Guardian' and 'The New York Times' cite British intelligence document indicating that surveillance was conducted against Israeli leaders, other allies. Israel has refused to issue an official reaction to the revelations made public byThe Guardianon Friday regarding American and British surveillance of former prime minister Ehud Olmert and ex-...

President Obama held a news conference on Friday before departing with his family for a two-week vacation in Hawaii, and Times reporters provided updates and analysis during the event. Mr. Obama said he expected more announcements in the new year about staffing changes in the White House. The president said his current staff was tireless and shares ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) After a ruling by a federal judge was seen to vindicate the whistleblowing of Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor published "an open letter" to the people of Brazil. "I've expressed my willingness to assist where it's appropriate and legal, but, unfortunately, the US government has been working hard to limit my ability ...

New Delhi, Dec 4, IRNA -- Concerned over US intelligence snooping over it as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, India has raised the issue with the Deputy Chief of Mission of the US embassy here protesting against spying which it said was not acceptable. Ministry of External Affairs officials nearly a week back conveyed to the US diplomat India?s ...

Newly revealed documents show the US National Security Agency spied on the G8 and G20 summits held in the Canadian city of Toronto in 2010, with the help of the host countrys government. Documents obtained from former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden show the US embassy in Ottawa turned into a command post for the six-day spying operation ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) The contemporary American scientist and award-winning author Glen David Brin once made an astutely brilliant statement, which he probably didnt know would come true about one of the most shameful debacles of the recent history for the U.S. government; however, he wisely said: When it comes to privacy and accountability, people ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) A new poll by German public television (ARD) indicates that only 35 percent of Germans still see the United States as a good partner. That figure has fallen 14 points since just this past July when about half of all Germans saw America as a partner they could trust. The new poll also indicates that 61 percent of Germans now see ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- "Barack Obama is not George W. Bush," the liberal French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lvy said, and added, "Everybody knows that." Until a few years ago, "everybody" included Edward Snowden. The 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant, responsible for one of the biggest intelligence leaks in US history, first considered "exposing ...

The United States has refused to deny whether it is spying on Israeli politicians following leaks of secret documents about Washingtons eavesdropping on phone conversations of 35 world leaders. "I don't think it's really appropriate for me in this setting, to comment on the issue, Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman told Israels Channel 10 on Sunday ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Recent revelations that the US has been eavesdropping on foreign leaders and spying on the nationals of many countries have made many to associate US embassies in their countries with centers for espionage, an expression first used by Iranians, the IRGC said on Saturday. 34 years after the takeover of the den of espionage in ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Tehran's Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami criticized the US for its dual track strategy of diplomacy and pressure on Iran, saying Iranians will also push ahead with talks and anti-American slogans as their approach with the US. "The Americans say they pursue talks and pressure at the same time, ...

China plans to reinforce its security amid reports that spying activities by the US National Security Agency (NSA) have spread into major Chinese cities. On Thursday,China Dailyreferred to a report by German magazineDer Spiegelthat China has fallen victim to massive US espionage activities. The German magazine added that the US intelligence has ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian lawmaker said the fact that Washington spies on the phone conversations of officials and citizens of its allies is a testimony to the US deceitful manner, stressing that the US would never be a trustworthy partner. The US has a deceitful nature. The US officials move to tap phone calls of officials and citizens of ...