{"id":548130,"date":"2021-06-01T12:36:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548130"},"modified":"2021-06-01T12:36:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:36:49","slug":"obama-administration-used-foreign-intelligence-service-to-spy-on-u-s-allies-in-europe-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-administration-used-foreign-intelligence-service-to-spy-on-u-s-allies-in-europe-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Administration Used Foreign Intelligence Service To Spy On U.S. Allies In Europe: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-administration-used-foreign-intelligence-service-to-spy-on-u-s-allies-in-europe-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548130&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Obama-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Democrat President Barack Obama\u2019s administration reportedly spied on U.S. allies in Europe and top European politicians \u2013 including German Chancellor Angela Merkel \u2013 by using Denmark\u2019s Defense Intelligence Service (FE).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe findings are the result of a 2015 internal investigation in the Danish Defense Intelligence Service into NSA\u2019s role in the partnership,\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/u-spied-merkel-other-europeans-144355412.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAccording to the investigation, which covered the period from 2012 to 2014, the NSA used Danish information cables to spy on senior officials in Sweden, Norway, France and Germany, including former German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and former German opposition leader Peer Steinbr\u00fcck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The alleged operation \u2013 dubbed \u201cOperation Dunhammer\u201d \u2013 allowed the NSA to obtain phone calls, texts, and chat messages to and from the official\u2019s telephones.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the reaction from European officials include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg: \u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable if countries which have close allied co-operation feel the need to spy on one another.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>French President Emmanuel Macron: \u201cIf the information is correct, then that\u2019s unacceptable between allies, and even less so between European allies. We expect complete openness and a clarification of the facts from our Danish and American partners.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>French Minister for European Affairs Clement Beaune: \u201cThese potential facts, they are serious, they must be checked.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Former German opposition leader Peer Steinbr\u00fcck said it was \u201cgrotesque that friendly intelligence services are indeed intercepting and spying on top representatives\u201d of other countries, adding: \u201cpolitically I consider it a scandal.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>German government spokesman Steffen Seibert: \u201cThe federal government has taken note of the report and is in contact with all relevant national and international bodies for clarification. As a matter of principle, and you already know this, I would ask you to understand that the federal government does not openly comment on matters concerning intelligence activities.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reports first surfaced that the Obama administration was spying on U.S. allies in 2013 when it was revealed that they had spied on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/07\/03\/politics\/germany-media-spying-obama-administration\/index.html\">Germany<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-france-wikileaks\/obama-reassures-france-after-unacceptable-nsa-spying-idUKKBN0P32EM20150624\">France<\/a>. The spying on France appears to have started during the latter years of former President George W. Bush\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/31\/europe\/denmark-us-nsa-merkel-spying-intl\/index.html\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17.800257731959\">\n<p><em>Revelations that the US National Security Agency (NSA) tapped Merkel\u2019s cellphone emerged in 2013 after former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden shared documents with The Guardian showing that a US official had handed the agency 200 phone numbers, including those of world leaders, for the agency to monitor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The report did not name any of the 35 world leaders that were allegedly on in the list. However, few months after the initial reports, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/10\/23\/world\/europe\/germany-us-merkel-phone-monitoring\/index.html\">German government publicly said<\/a>\u00a0it had information that suggested the US might have monitored Merkel\u2019s cell phone. Germany\u2019s Federal Prosecutor\u2019s Office launched an investigation into the allegation, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2015\/06\/12\/politics\/germany-drops-probe-into-spying\/index.html\">dropped it in 2015<\/a>, saying it had uncovered insufficient evidence to launch a successful prosecution.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Danish government can and will not comment on speculation in the media concerning our intelligence services,\u201d Danish Defense Minister Trine Bramsen said. \u201cThe position of the Danish government is clear \u2014 systematic targeting against our close allied partners is unacceptable. Clearly, that is a well-established principle that Danish authorities adhere to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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