India defends US surveillance programmes

[ChinaToday]

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday defended the vast US surveillance programme of phone logs and internet data revealed by intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.

"Some of the information they got out of their scrutiny, they were able to use it to prevent serious terrorist attacks in several countries," Salman Khurshid told reporters in Brunei in a broadcast interview.

"This is not scrutiny and access to actual messages. It is only computer analysis of patterns of calls and emails that are being sent... it is not actually snooping on the content of anyone's messages or conversations," he added.

The comments by Khurshid, who met US secretary of state John Kerry in New Delhi last month, contrast with India's initial reaction when a foreign ministry spokesman warned that any privacy violation would be "unacceptable".

He is attending an Asian security forum in Brunei, along with Kerry and regional foreign ministers.

Based on documents provided by Snowden, The Guardian newspaper reported at the weekend that US intelligence services were also spying on 38 embassies and diplomatic missions of its allies including India.

Snowden, whose US passport has been cancelled, remains holed up in Moscow airport where he has sought asylum from 21 countries.

India defends US surveillance programmes - The Times of India

 

[omkar]

But our IT minister seconds that.
Khurshid, Sibal at odds over US snooping - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site

 

[Gautam]

If it helps to prevent a terrorist attack, then its fine. We are more than happy with it.

 

[omkar]

If it helps to prevent a terrorist attack, then its fine. We are more than happy with it.

In that case India should return the favour on same pretext of screening terrorism .Actually US has old habit of
monitoring every country even they don't spare their allies of Europe like France ,Germany except some Anglo saxon countries like UK,Australia,Newzeland and Canada all other countries are just target countries for them.

 

[IndoCarib]

In that case India should return the favour on same pretext of screening terrorism .Actually US has old habit of
monitoring every country even they don't spare their allies of Europe like France ,Germany except some Anglo countries like UK,Australia,Newzeland and Canada all other countries are just target countries for them.

India is planning a US style surveillance programme

In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the Radar | TIME.com

 

[omkar]

India is planning a US style surveillance programme

In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the Radar | TIME.com

Title is bit misleading as India
plans surveillance only for internal communications unlike US' global as well as internal scale.Both are as different as chalk and cheese.

 

[Gautam]

In that case India should return the favour on same pretext of screening terrorism .Actually US has old habit of
monitoring every country even they don't spare their allies of Europe like France ,Germany except some Anglo saxon countries like UK,Australia,Newzeland and Canada all other countries are just target countries for them.

Yeah we should do it too. Though I doubt this current leadership of CONgrASS will ever have guts to do it.

Still man... come on... if it helps to prevent a terrorist attack, whats the problem?

 

[kawaraj]

what?

I cannot believe this is out a country been spied by the US heavily....