Exposed: Australia's Asia spy network

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The Sydney Morning Herald - 10/31/13, Philip Dorling

 

Washington D.C. during the Stop Watching Us Rally.

International outcry: A Stop Watching US Rally in Washington D.C. Photo: Getty Images

 

Australian embassies are being secretly used to intercept phone calls and data across Asia as part of a US-led global spying network, according to whistleblower Edward Snowden and a former Australian intelligence officer.

The top secret Defence Signals Directorate operates the clandestine surveillance facilities at embassies without the knowledge of most Australian diplomats.

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