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How Does Snooping on Allies Help Protect National Security?

Clip: 7/1/2013 | 7m 18s

How Does Snooping on Foreign Allies Help Protect National Security?

European allies of the United States were angered by reports alleging the National Security Agency had bugged offices of European Union members. Is the U.S. justified in its surveillance of allies? Ray Suarez gets perspectives from The Washington Post's David Ignatius and Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff of the German Marshall Fund.

07/01/2013 | Rating NR

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