FOXNews.com: France demands explanation from US over new NSA spy report

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France demands explanation from US over new NSA spy report Oct 21st 2013, 08:54 Published October 21, 2013 FoxNews.com The American ambassador to France has been summoned by that country's government to give an explanation for a report that says the National Security Agency (NSA) gained access to the phone records of over 70 million French citizens over a 30-day period.  The report in Le Monde newspaper was based on documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and was co-written by Glenn Greenwald, the former Guardian reporter who has been Snowden's closest collaborator in ensuring classified documents are made public.   The report alleges that when certain numbers were dialed, the conversations were automatically recorded. The surveillance operation also swept up text messages based on key words, Le Monde reported, based on records dated from Dec. 10 to Jan 7. Similar programs have been revealed in Britain and Germany. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called the alleged practices "totally unacceptable." Speaking at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxemborg Monday, Fabius said that U.S. ambassador to France Charles Rivkin would be received at the Quai d'Orsay, home of the French Foreign Ministry, according to Reuters.   The Associated Press contributed to this report.  Click for the story from Le Monde

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