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Article Excerpt from The Hindu July 31 2014
by Suhasini Haidar
In India’s strongest statement on the issue yet, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called the U.S. surveillance of Indian entities "unacceptable", and said she had taken up the issue of "snooping" by the National Security Agency (NSA) with Secretary of State John Kerry during the India-U.S. strategic dialogue here on Thursday.
"I did raise the snooping issue with Mr. Kerry," Ms. Swaraj told presspersons at a joint press conference. "I told him that people in India were angry. I told him that since we are friendly nations, it is not acceptable to us."
[Sushma Swaraj with a wide smiley face: "I told Mr. Kerry that with friends like the USA, who needs enemies?"]
In reply, Mr. Kerry said, "We do not discuss intelligence matters in public. We value our relationship with India. President [Barack] Obama has undertaken a unique and unprecedented review of our intelligence."
[John Kerry with an even wider smile: "We dont discuss OUR sneaky acts in public, but if we think you or someone like China or Russia do it, we would like to talk about it publicly. We are going to continue to do as we have always done. We will review our processes to make sure we dont get caught so easily the next time we do it. We very much value our relationship of control over you or any nation. Get used to it."]
Links to this reports of this news
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/US-snooping-on-BJP-unacceptable-Sushma-tells-Kerry/articleshow/39380087.cms
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/us-surveillance-of-indian-entities-unacceptable-says-sushma/article6268797.ece?homepage=true
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