U.S. plays down spying reports, EU leaders voice outrage


  • World
  • Monday, 01 Jul 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures before the start of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - U.S Ministerial Meeting at the 46th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Ahim Rani

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) - The United States is not alone in using "lots of activities" to safeguard its security, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday, in his first response to reports of U.S. spying that have infuriated European allies.

The EU has demanded that the United States explain a report in a German magazine that Washington is spying on the bloc, saying that, if true, such surveillance was shocking.

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