European countries leaked data to US spy agency - report

At least seven European countries have regularly shared digital communications data with the US National Security Agency (NSA), the Guardian newspaper reported Saturday, quoting a former NSA employee, dpa reported.

Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain and Italy all have secret agreements to share intelligence data with the NSA, including phone and internet communications, former NSA employee Wayne Madsen said.

He said he chose to make the details public because he was angered by the outrage of European leaders after details of the NSA surveillance of phone and internet records became public, saying they had detailed only a "half story" about their involvement.

All seven countries and the United States have access to a transatlantic cable that allows them to collect information about telephone calls, emails and internet use, Madsen said.


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