Canada allowed widespread NSA surveillance at 2010 G20 summit: report

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An undated aerial handout photo shows the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters building in Fort Meade, Maryland.

Canada allowed widespread NSA surveillance at 2010 G20 summit: report
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:06pm EST

(Reuters) - Canada allowed the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to conduct widespread surveillance during the 2010 Group of 20 summit in Toronto, according to a media report that cited documents from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

The report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp is the latest potential embarrassment for the NSA as a result of Snowden's leaks, although it remains unclear precisely what information the agency was looking for during the summit.

Snowden has already revealed the agency spied on close allies such as Germany and Brazil, prompting heated diplomatic spats with Washington.

The CBC report, first aired late on Wednesday, cited briefing notes it said showed the United States turned its Ottawa embassy into a security command post during a six-day spying operation by the top-secret U.S. agency as President Barack Obama and other world leaders met that June.