Spying on Congress, and Leaders of Allied Nations, Is an Abuse of Executive Power
“The kind of conduct we see in third-world countries.”
January 4, 2016
Spying on Congress, and Leaders of Allied Nations, Is an Abuse of Executive Power
“The kind of conduct we see in third-world countries.”
The recent revelations about the National Security Agency’s spying on Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, including their communications with members of Congress, are cause for grave concern, writes Elliott Abrams. On the basis of his own experience in the State Department, he notes that, when given a similar opportunity, the Reagan administration declined to spy on an allied head of state, and explains why:
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