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Saxby Chambliss offers a sort-of apology to Australia for Edward Snowden’s leaks

By Jim Galloway
June 13, 2014

Folks in Down-Under Land are crediting U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss with making a sort-of apology on behalf of the United States, for Edward Snowden’s disclosure of some embarrassing espionage practices by the Australian government.

Tony Abbott is currently engaged in his first visit to Washington as Australia’s prime minister.

Documents released by Snowden revealed that Australia had eavesdropped on the cell phones of the president of Indonesia, his wife and other members of his inner circle.

ExploreFrom the West Australian newspaper:

Senator Chambliss, who chaired a committee that investigated intelligence issues related to the September 11 attacks, told the Prime Minister that Australia was critical to the "five eyes" intelligence community that comprises the US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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