UN seeks answers from Washington regarding the alleged Spying on it's members (Representatives, Clinton)

[sanrene]

Which could violate international law.

US embassy cables: UN seeks answers from Washington | World news | The Guardian

United Nations official says US order to diplomats to glean intelligence on UN leadership may breach international law

The senior American diplomat at the UN tonight defended her team after WikiLeaks disclosed a US spying operation targeting the UN's secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, and members of the security council.

Susan Rice, the US ambassador appointed to the UN by Barack Obama last year, appeared uncomfortable and, at times, exasperated as she took questions from the media at the UN today.

Oh dear, I guess she wasn't very forthcoming, not very much interested into getting into the juicy details.

Well, let's just take a look, shall we?

US diplomats spied on UN leadership | World news | The Guardian

A classified directive which appears to blur the line between diplomacy and spying was issued to US diplomats under Hillary Clinton's name in July 2009, demanding forensic technical details about the communications systems used by top UN officials, including passwords and personal encryption keys used in private and commercial networks for official communications.

Washington also wanted credit card numbers, email addresses, phone, fax and pager numbers and even frequent-flyer account numbers for UN figures and "biographic and biometric information on UN Security Council permanent representatives".

What in the world are we to make of the most transparent administration...evah......behaving in such a fashion?

The rule of law? Not for this bunch.

What if it does violate International Law? Isn't that something liberals hold dear to their hearts? Would that then make obama an international criminal?

I mean really, who could have envisioned this from obama? His supporters must be in shock.

What a humiliating, embarrassing, unprecedented debacle of epic proportions.

[twinArmageddons]

If it violates international law, it violates international law. Democrat, republican, it doesn't matter.

This isn't an issue that's specific to the left/right. This is an issue that affects our entire government.

[texdav]

We should be watch their spending as we pay a huge share of it.That is how oil for food scam was exposed.you don't thnik the news reporters actaully were the source do you?

[tinman01]

The Un doesn't apreciate us spying on its members? Maybe we don't apreciate the utter waste of money that we contribute to the UN?

[sanrene]

Originally Posted by tinman01

The Un doesn't apreciate us spying on its members? Maybe we don't apreciate the utter waste of money that we contribute to the UN?

I agree. Do you think this will cause the world's most corrupt body to pull up stakes and find another home...in another country?

Smart Power!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews

Diplomats and government officials around the world lamented the massive leak of U.S. diplomatic cables Monday and many predicted it would undercut their ability to deal with the United States on sensitive issues.

The State Department cables, dumped into the public domain by the WikiLeaks organization, embarrassed the Obama administration in foreign capitals and raised the possibility that the United States will have a much tougher time collecting critical information, even from allies.

I need to find all those videos of what/how/when/why candidate obama would be conducting that Smart Power! foreign policy.