berita hari ini : NSA spying threatens to hinder U.S. foreign policy - Salt Lake Tribune Demonstrators rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington to demand that Congress investigate the National Security Agencys mass surveillance programs Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) NSA spying threatens to hinder U.S. foreign policy Diplomacy » French official says: “We eavesdrop, too. … But we don’t have the same means as the U.S.” Washington • Secretary of State John Kerry went to Europe to talk about Mideast peace, Syria and Iran. What he got was an earful of outrage over U.S. snooping abroad. President Barack Obama has defended America’s surveillance dragnet to leaders of Russia, Mexico, Brazil, France and Germany, but the international anger over the disclosures shows no signs of abating in the short run. Longer term, the revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden about NSA tactics that allegedly include tapping the cellphones of as many as 35 world leaders threaten to undermine U.S. foreign policy in a range of areas. In Washington, demonstrators held up signs reading Thank you, Edward Snowden! as they marched and rallied near the U.S. Capitol to demand that Congress investigate the NSA’s mass surveillance programs. This vacuum-cleaner approach to data collection has rattled allies. The magnitude of the eavesdropping is what shocked us, former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a radio interview. Let’s be honest, we eavesdrop, too. Everyone is listening to everyone else. But we don’t have the same means as the United States, which makes us jealous. So where in the world isn’t the NSA? That’s one big question raised by the disclosures. Whether the tapping of allies is a step too far might be moot. The British ambassador to Lebanon, Tom Fletcher, tweeted this past week: I work on assumption that 6+ countries tap my phone. Increasingly rare that diplomats say anything sensitive on calls. Diplomatic relations are built on trust. If America’s credibility is in question, the U.S. will find it harder to maintain alliances, influence world opinion and maybe even close trade deals. To Henry Farrell and Martha Finnemore at George Washington University, damage from the NSA disclosures could undermine Washington’s ability to act hypocritically and get away with it. story continues below Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. klik baca selanjutnya : ift.tt/1a8cyqn
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