NSA hacked Mexican president's email
The US National Security Agency hacked the email account of Mexico's then-President Felipe Calderon in 2010, Germany's Spiegel reported today, citing documents from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
In the operation, called "Flatliquid," the NSA used a server to gain access to Calderon's account and the Mexican presidential domain used by cabinet members for diplomatic and economic communications, according to the report.
The US gathers foreign intelligence of the type gathered by all nations, the NSA said in a statement, declining to comment on the specific case reported by Spiegel. The US is reviewing the way it gathers intelligence to balance concern for the security of American citizens against privacy concerns, the agency said.
