Norway's military intelligence chief has admitted his
country spies on millions of phone calls in conflict areas around the world and
shares that data with allies, including the United States.
Lt. Gen. Kjell Grandhagen, head of the Nordic country's
military intelligence agency, says some of the calls involved Norwegian
citizens. He said his agency's actions were legal under Norwegian law when
there are suspicions of terrorism-related activity.
Grandhagen told reporters Tuesday that Norway's foreign
intelligence agency shares the data "with several partners,"
including the National Security Agency in the United States.
He stressed that the data is related to combatting terrorism
and is collected to support Norwegian military operations abroad.
Grandhagen denied a media report that NSA had intercepted
some 33 million Norwegian phone calls.
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