Tag: Jay Carney

• Wednesday, March 19th 2014 - 06:50 UTC

  End of privacy: US NSA can record all phone calls and play them back

  

  The US National Security Agency has created a surveillance system that is recording all the phone calls in an undisclosed foreign country, allowing it to play back any conversation up to 30 days later, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

• Friday, August 2nd 2013 - 02:51 UTC

  US ‘extremely disappointed’ with Russian asylum to leaker Snowden

  

  White House officials say they are “extremely disappointed” by Russia’s decision to grant asylum for one year to Edward Snowden, who is accused of leaking U.S. government secrets. Officials are deciding how to respond.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 07:10 UTC

  Rousseff complains about US expansionist monetary policy during meeting with Obama

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff complained about US monetary policy and expressed concern that sanctions against Iran could backfire in a meeting with President Barack Obama on Monday, highlighting strains between the continent’s biggest economies.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 04:23 UTC

  Reviving the US economy and trade relationship, main objectives of Obama’s visit

  

  US President Barack Obama's trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador beginning this week is still on, despite fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan and turmoil in the Middle East, officials said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 - 06:17 UTC

  US Congress works on bill to postpone government shut-down for two weeks

  

  The US House of Representatives has approved a measure to fund the US government for a further two weeks, avoiding a looming shut-down. The bill from the Republican-led chamber would cut government spending by 4 billion USD in that period.