France summons US ambassador to answer allegations of widespread NSA surveillance

The US National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting French telephone calls "on a massive scale", according to a report published Monday in Le Monde. The report was co-authored by American journalist Glenn Greenwald, and is based on classified documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. According to Le Monde, the NSA recorded millions of telephone calls placed by French citizens over a 30-day period last year, including some placed by people with no connections to terrorist organizations.

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