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nce—Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Francois Hollande. According to a former NSA official, this docume

ean in Hong Kong. It revealed that the NSA had targeted the telephones of three consecutive presidents of France—Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Francois Hollande. According to a former NSA official, this document, like the 2013 Merkel material, was not among the data on the thumb drive given to journalists in

is not known to take no for an answer in issues involving espionage. Even if Snowden refused to furnish his key encryption, accord- ing to a former National Security Council staffer, the Russian cyber service in 2013 had the means, the time, and the incentive to break the encryption. It is unlikely it would have had to go

nce-- Jacque Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande, all of whom were allies of the United States. Mo

in Hong Kong. It revealed that the NSA had targeted the telephones of the three consecutive presidents of France-- Jacque Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande, all of whom were allies of the United States. Moreover, according to a former NSA official, this 2015 document, like the 2013 Merkel material, not a

arrier for the FSB. Snowden may have had confidence in the power of his encryption protocols but, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020290 139 according to a former National Security Council staffer, the Russian cyber service in 2013 had the means, the time and the incentive to break the encryption. It is unlikely they would have gone to

alf of ISIS brought normal life in Paris to a screeching halt. Three suicide bombers blew themselves up at the stadium at Saint-Denis while President Hollande was inside attend- ing a match between France and Germany. Other terrorists that night killed 130 people at cafés, restaurants, and a theater. Three

ties”: Chris Strohm and Gopal Ratnam, “NSA Leader Seeks Openness on Secret Surveillance Orders,” Bloomberg News, June 13, 2013. Also, staff member of National Security Council who requested anonymity, interview with author. CHAPTER 18 The Unheeded Warning 185 “The NSA—the world’s”: Morell, Great War of Our Time, 287. 185