Norway’s intelligence services said it - and not the USA's NSA, as reported in a Norwegian newspaper - kept records on more than 33 million phone conversations over the space of one month last winter, Oslo said on Tuesday.
The daily Dagbladet said the USA's NSA spied on close NATO ally Norway, collecting data about Norwegian phone conversations last December and January. ‘This is data collection by Norwegian intelligence to support Norwegian military operations in conflict areas abroad, or connected to the fight against terrorism, also abroad,’ Lt Gen Kjell Grandhagen, head of Norwegian Intelligence Service said.
The daily Dagbladet said the USA's NSA spied on close NATO ally Norway, collecting data about Norwegian phone conversations last December and January. ‘This is data collection by Norwegian intelligence to support Norwegian military operations in conflict areas abroad, or connected to the fight against terrorism, also abroad,’ Lt Gen Kjell Grandhagen, head of Norwegian Intelligence Service said.