US makes formal apology to Britain after White House accuses GCHQ of wiretapping Trump Tower

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US makes formal apology to Britain after White House accuses GCHQ of wiretapping Trump Tower
Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor 17 March 2017 • 12:48pm

The US has made a formal apology to Britain after the White House accused GCHQ of helping Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump in the White House.

Sean Spicer, Mr Trump's press secretary, repeated a claim on Thursday evening – initially made by an analyst on Fox News - that GCHQ was used by Mr Obama to spy on Trump Tower in the lead-up to last November's election.

The comments prompted a furious response from GCHQ, which in a break from normal practice issued a public statement: "Recent allegations made by media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano about GCHQ being asked to conduct 'wiretapping' against the then president-elect are nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored."

Intelligence sources told The Telegraph that both Mr Spicer and General McMaster, the US National Security Adviser, have apologised over the claims. "The apology came direct from them," a source said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/17/us-makes-formal-apology-britain-white-house-accuses-gchq-wiretapping/

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1. Where is our apology?

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3. IKR? Apologize to the non-insane that didn't vote for Fuhrer Dumpf in the first place

The USA as a whole needs to apologize to the world for the sick joke sitting in the oval office right now.

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2. Only the Fuhrer-in-Chief could piss off our closest ally.

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4. Presidentin is hard

For republicans.

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5. I think Spicey was only doing what Dump wanted

I know he's strange and off the rails, but that was a weird thing to say, even for him. I still think he was only following orders.