Barack Obama actually said...

Absent a compelling national security purpose, we will not monitor the communications of heads of state in government of our close friends and allies overseas.

Context

Background Conference Call by Senior Administration Officials on the Administration's Review of Signals Intelligence

01/16/2014

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