NSA files – Merkel and Hollande call for talks with US by end of year – live | World news | theguardian.com

NSA files – Merkel and Hollande call for talks with US by end of year – live | World news | theguardian.com:

Lord West

Lord West of Spithead, who was a security minister under Gordon Brown, also spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning about the latest surveillance revelations.

West suggested that the revelations about the bugging of Merkel’s phone and her reaction was distracting from the real story: the “damage” Edward Snowden had done by leaking the NSA files.