German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called US President Barack Obama after receiving information that the US may have spied on her mobile phone.A spokesman for Mrs Merkel said the German leader “views such practices… as completely unacceptable”.Mrs Merkel called on US officials to clarify the extent of their surveillance in Germany.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24647268Also see:Merkel’s call to Obama: are you bugging my phone?
The furore over the scale of American mass surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden shifted to an incendiary new level on Wednesday evening when Angela Merkel of Germany called Barack Obama to demand explanations over reports that the US National Security Agency was monitoring her mobile phone.Merkel was said by informed sources in Germany to be “livid” over the reports and convinced, on the basis of a German intelligence investigation, that the reports were utterly substantiated.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/23/us-monitored-angela-merkel-germanDid US Tap Chancellor Merkel’s Mobile Phone?
Berlin is taking seriously indications that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone might have been tapped by US intelligence, according to SPIEGEL information. Merkel spoke with President Barack Obama on Wednesday about her concerns.German Chancellor Angela Merkel phoned United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday to discuss suspicions that she may have been targeted by US intelligence agencies for years, SPIEGEL has learned.The chancellor asked for a thorough explanation of serious indications that US intelligence agencies had declared her private mobile phone to be a target in their operations.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/merkel-calls-obama-over-suspicions-us-tapped-her-mobile-phone-a-929642.html