By Nick Squires, The Telegraph – October 31, 2013
NSA spied on the future Pope Francis before and during the Vatican conclave at which he was chosen to succeed Benedict XVI.The American spy agency monitored telephone calls made to and from the residence in Rome where the then Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio stayed during the conclave, the secret election at which cardinals chose him as pontiff on March 13.
Leaks by Edward Snowden, the fugitive former US intelligence operative who has been granted asylum in Russia, have suggested the NSA conducted extensive spying on several European countries in addition to Italy, including Spain, France and Germany.The revelations have seriously strained relations between the US and its European allies and trade partners.
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