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NSA spying threatens to hamper US foreign policy

By Deb Riechmann
Published October 27, 2013 3:45am ET
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NSA spying threatens to hamper US foreign policy
Demonstrators rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington to demand that Congress investigate the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) | Jose Luis Magana

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry went to Europe to talk about Mideast peace, Syria and Iran. What he got was an earful of outrage over U.S. snooping abroad.

President Barack Obama has defended America’s surveillance dragnet to leaders of Russia, Mexico, Brazil, France and Germany, but the international anger over the disclosures shows no signs of abating in the short run.

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