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Magazine says NSA spied on Vatican; U.S. denies it

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The U.S. National Security Agency may have spied on the future Pope Francis in the run-up to his election in March, an Italian magazine reported Wednesday. The NSA strongly denied the report, The LA Times informs.

Without citing sources, Panorama magazine said the NSA intercepted calls in and out of the Rome residence where cardinals stayed before the papal conclave. Among them was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was on the verge of being elected pope.

“There is the suspicion that the conversations of the future pope could have been monitored,” the magazine said.

Responding to the report, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said, “We are not aware of anything on this issue and in any case we have no concerns about it.”

An NSA spokeswoman, Vanee’ Vines, categorically denied the claim.

“The National Security Agency does not target the Vatican,” she said in an email. “Assertions that NSA has targeted the Vatican, published in Italy’s Panorama magazine, are not true.”

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