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NSA surveillance: Spain demands US explain 'monitoring' NSA surveillance: Spain demands US explain 'monitoring'
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Spain has urged the US to give details of any eavesdropping amid reports it monitored 60 million Spanish phone calls in a month. Spain has urged the US to give details of any eavesdropping, amid that reports it monitored 60 million Spanish telephone calls in a month.
The US ambassador to Spain, who had been summoned by the EU minister, vowed to clear the "doubts" that had arisen about his country's alleged espionage. The US ambassador to Spain, who had been summoned by its EU minister, vowed to clear the "doubts" that had arisen about his country's alleged espionage.
The minister said such practices, if true, were "inappropriate and unacceptable". The minister, Inigo Mendez de Vigo, said such practices, if true, were "inappropriate and unacceptable".
An EU delegation is to meet officials in Washington to convey concerns. An EU delegation is to meet officials in Washington to convey their concerns.
The officials from the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs are shortly expected to speak to members of the US Congress and security officials to gather information about the recent allegations of US spying on European leaders and citizens. The representatives from the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs are expected to speak to members of the US Congress and security officials to gather information about the recent allegations of US spying on European leaders and citizens.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is also sending German intelligence officials to Washington to demand answers to claims that her phones were tapped for a decade. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is also sending intelligence officials to Washington to demand answers to claims that her phones were tapped for a decade.
'Lull for Christmas' German media reported that the US had bugged Ms Merkel's phone for more than a decade - and that the surveillance only ended a few months ago.
The latest allegations, published by Spain's El Mundo newspaper, is that the US National Security Agency (NSA) tracked tens of millions of phone calls of Spanish citizens, in December 2012 and January of this year. Contents 'not recorded'
The monitoring allegedly peaked on the 11th December, and there was a lull over Christmas. The latest allegations, published by Spain's El Mundo newspaper, is that the US National Security Agency (NSA) tracked tens of millions of phone calls, texts and emails of Spanish citizens, in December 2012 and January 2013. The monitoring allegedly peaked on 11 December.
It is not clear how the alleged surveillance was carried out, whether it was from monitoring fibre-optic cables, data (including metadata) obtained from telecommunication companies, or other means. The White House has so far declined to comment on the El Mundo report.
Reports say the NSA collected the numbers and locations of the callers and the recipients, but not the calls' content. It is not clear how the alleged surveillance was carried out, whether it was through monitoring fibre-optic cables, data obtained from telecommunication companies, or other means.
The NSA is reported to have collected the sender and recipient addresses of emails, along with their IP addresses, the message file size, and sometimes the top or subject line of the message.
For each telephone call, the numbers of the caller and recipient are believed to have been logged, as was its duration, time, date and location.
The contents of the telephone call itself, however, were not monitored, US intelligence officials say. The NSA has also suggested it does not usually store the geolocational information of mobile phone calls, which could determined by noting which mobile signal towers were used.