Politics

France Called Hypocritical Over Spying Outrage

US ranks France second in cyber-espionage on list that doesn't include US

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French President François Hollande's demand Monday that the US National Security Agency (NSA) stop snooping on European communications has been greeted with a certain amount of derision across the water.

"France should remember its own history before complaining too much about American espionage," wrote Sashank Joshi, a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute think tank, in the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper.