As per news report, he doesn’t have personal mobile phone or email account. But most other leaders are not that lucky.
JUBAIL, SAUDI ARABIA: As a number of world leaders are upset with the phone-tapping and other espionage activities of the US National Security Agency (NSA), the Indian prime minister is enjoying a relaxed life. As per news reports, he doesn’t have a personal mobile phone or email account. But most other leaders are not that lucky.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone was bugged for about a decade and interesting revelations are creating waves about other officials as well. Members of the European Union, along with other European and South American countries, are sending their officials to Washington to discuss this breakdown of trust among allies. While most of the world’s powerful capitals are feeling the heat on what has been happening behind their backs for decades, we haven’t heard of any hue and cry taking place in the UK. This is because the US is already allied with the UK (and a few other English-speaking native countries) under the Five Eyes agreement, which permits intelligence-sharing and, therefore, it will not be surprising if Merkel’s conversation with her ministers or her husband come under discussion not only in Washington but in London as well.
Masood Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, October 31st, 2013.
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