"Leaked reports from digital library, Cryptome, reveal that the US
National Security Agency (NSA) monitored 125 billion calls and messages
in January this year – of which, many were from the Middle East region.
According to Cryptome, the majority of surveillance was focused on Saudi Arabia and Iraq, with the NSA intercepting more than 7.8 pieces of communication. Egypt, Iran and Jordan had 1.8 billion, 1.7 billion and 1.6 billion calls tapped by the agency respectively.
The company website states that approximately 124.8 billion ‘espionage operations’ were carried out by the US on a global scale in January 2013, which included Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan."
According to Cryptome, the majority of surveillance was focused on Saudi Arabia and Iraq, with the NSA intercepting more than 7.8 pieces of communication. Egypt, Iran and Jordan had 1.8 billion, 1.7 billion and 1.6 billion calls tapped by the agency respectively.
The company website states that approximately 124.8 billion ‘espionage operations’ were carried out by the US on a global scale in January 2013, which included Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan."