Officials in European capitals denounced the practice of secretly gathering digital information on Europeans as unacceptable.
Officials in European capitals demanded immediate answers from their US counterparts and denounced the practice of secretly gathering digital information on Europeans as unacceptable, illegal and a serious violation of basic rights. The NSA, meanwhile, asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation and said that it was assessing the damage caused by the disclosures.
Many people around the world use US IT email, facebook, skype. Do not put it past Obama to seek not only the ability pull data out of the data mine on any American, but also anyone around the world that uses the US Internet server infrastructure. No secret is a secret forever, and the damage assessment and fallout of this stunt has only begun. |