NSA Officials Who Spied on Israeli, US Lawmakers Should Resign - Non-Profit

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The National Security Agency building at Fort Meade, Md. The National Security Agency has been extensively involved in the U.S. government's targeted killing program, collaborating closely with the CIA in the use of drone strikes against terrorists abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday Oct. 16, 2013 after a review of documents provided by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden. - Sputnik International
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The National Security Agency (NSA) officials responsible for spying on US and Israeli lawmakers’ communications should be forced out of office, Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) President Sarah Stern told Sputnik on Wednesday.

File Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens as President Barack Obama speaks during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. - Sputnik International
Israeli Anti-Iran Deal Actions Provoked US Spying on Netanyahu
WASHINGTON (Sputnik), Leandra Bernstein — On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the NSA intercepted phone calls between Israeli lawmakers and members of the US Congress to better understand the Israeli position on the Iran nuclear agreement.

"I think that the members of the NSA that did this should be forced to resign, and I think there should be a hearing," Stern said.

The NSA reportedly found Israeli officials were leaking details of the Iranian nuclear deal to parties in the United States, and coordinating talking points with US-based Jewish advocacy groups in order to kill the nuclear agreement.

"This is a really, really tremendous abuse of power by the [Barack] Obama White House," Stern stated.

Asked if she was concerned that her Washington, DC-based, Zionist foundation had been surveilled, she said, "I know that we are probably on the radar of the White House… It is very frightening — big brother is watching."

In 2013, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed how the Obama administration had spied on leaders of friendly countries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal cell phone.

In 2014, President Barack Obama announced he had revised the friendly spying policy to only include foreign leaders whose communications served a compelling US national security interest.

The Endowment for Middle East Truth seeks to provide pertinent information to US policy-makers to improve the security of the United States and its ally, Israel, according to the organization’s website.

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