Written by: Press Trust of India
2 min readWashingtonOct 23, 2013 12:47 AM IST
First published on: Oct 23, 2013 at 12:47 AM IST
Amid uproar in France over the revelation that the NSA carried out extensive electronic surveillance there,US President Barack Obama called up his French counterpart Francois Hollande and said Washington had begun reviewing the way it gathers intelligence.
The President made clear that the US has begun to review the way that we gather intelligence,so that we properly balance the legitimate security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that all people share,the White House said in a read-out of the call.
Obama and Hollande discussed recent disclosures in the press,some of which have distorted our activities and some of which raise legitimate questions for our friends and allies about how these capabilities are employed, the statement said.
Following the revelation by a French newspaper about the US National Security Agencys intelligence gathering,the French government summoned had the US Ambassador and sought an explanation.
We have an enormously important and valuable relationship between the US and France,one of our closest allies and certainly our longest ally, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said at his daily news conference.
He,however,refrained to give any details of the alleged activities by the NSA of the United States.
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