NSA high priority targets for European Union - Top Europeans NSA Intercepts

This is an NSA database extract of significant Japanese political and economic telephone interception targets.

See here for an explanation of what the column names mean.

Glossary

TOPI "Target Office of Primary Interest", the unit within NSA tasked to process the collected interceptions.

Selector A communications identifier, in this case a phone number, used to select communications for interception.

Subscriber_ID This is an identifier describing the owner of the provided phone number.

Information_Need "Information Needs" (IN) are collection requirements devised as part of the National SIGINT Requirement Process and generally produced by ​analysts in a broad format (e.g. understanding French economic intentions) and used to produce responses to demands of U.S. policy makers. INs rarely expire, so ​despite having the original creation date included in the identifier (e.g. "2002-388*"), they are renewed and they perpetuate over the time.

TOPI_Add_Date Date of tagging of the entry with the responsible TOPI.

Priority Collection priority, the lower the number, the higher the priority.

IN_Explainer This is a brief and generally broad description of the relevant IN.

NSA high priority targets for Italy - Top Italian NSA Intercepts

This is an NSA database extract of significant Italian political telephone interception targets.

See here for an explanation of what the column names mean.

Glossary

TOPI "Target Office of Primary Interest", the unit within NSA tasked to process the collected interceptions.

Selector A communications identifier, in this case a phone number, used to select communications for interception.

Subscriber_ID This is an identifier describing the owner of the provided phone number.

Information_Need "Information Needs" (IN) are collection requirements devised as part of the National SIGINT Requirement Process and generally produced by ​analysts in a broad format (e.g. understanding French economic intentions) and used to produce responses to demands of U.S. policy makers. INs rarely expire, so ​despite having the original creation date included in the identifier (e.g. "2002-388*"), they are renewed and they perpetuate over the time.

TOPI_Add_Date Date of tagging of the entry with the responsible TOPI.

Priority Collection priority, the lower the number, the higher the priority.

IN_Explainer This is a brief and generally broad description of the relevant IN.

NSA Targets World Leaders for US Geopolitical Interests: United Nations - Top United Nations NSA Intercepts

This is an NSA database extract of significant Japanese political and economic telephone interception targets.

See here for an explanation of what the column names mean.

Glossary

TOPI "Target Office of Primary Interest", the unit within NSA tasked to process the collected interceptions.

Selector A communications identifier, in this case a phone number, used to select communications for interception.

Subscriber_ID This is an identifier describing the owner of the provided phone number.

Information_Need "Information Needs" (IN) are collection requirements devised as part of the National SIGINT Requirement Process and generally produced by ​analysts in a broad format (e.g. understanding French economic intentions) and used to produce responses to demands of U.S. policy makers. INs rarely expire, so ​despite having the original creation date included in the identifier (e.g. "2002-388*"), they are renewed and they perpetuate over the time.

TOPI_Add_Date Date of tagging of the entry with the responsible TOPI.

Priority Collection priority, the lower the number, the higher the priority.

IN_Explainer This is a brief and generally broad description of the relevant IN.

NSA Targets World Leaders for US Geopolitical Interests: European Union

Selected extracts of "top" NSA intercepts related to European Union interests, taken from various editions of the National Security Agency's Top Secret ​Global SIGINT Highlights executive briefings.

EU, Japan Study Ways to Respond to U.S. Tactics in Doha Round Talks

Date 2006

Classification TOP SECRET//COMINT//NOFORN

WikiLeaks Synopsis

NSA report on intercepted Japanese diplomatic talks reveals details on U.S. and EU participation in Japanese economy, and commitment of EU to avoid ​"under-the-table" deals with the U.S.

Original NSA text:

(TS//SI//NF) EU, Japan Study Ways to Respond to U.S. Tactics in Doha Round Talks

(TS//SI//NF) The EU and Japan were engaged as of early December in strategy sessions aimed at a common handling policy to deal with potential U.S. moves ​in the Doha Round negotiations. There was a conviction in both Brussels and Tokyo, according to Japanese reporting, that great care must be taken to avoid ​falling prey to U.S. moves designed to extort concessions through exaggerated initial demands. Regarding U.S. domestic supports for agriculture, for ​example, Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Toshikatsu Matsuoka and EU Agriculture Commissioner Marianne Fischer-Boel recently ​pondered whether to jump-start the negotiations by asking the U.S. for a specific dollar figure in reduced supports. The problem for the EU, it was noted, is ​whether or not the proposed $17 billion mark is an acceptable point of departure, since U.S. supports at that level are judged to be in no way comparable to ​the breadth of market access that Brussels put on the table last July. A figure of $14 to $15 billion would be more in line with the EU's thinking, Fischer-Boel ​indicated. The EU also had concerns that Washington may be headed for a showdown with developing countries over special products. As for sensitive ​products, Fischer-Boel's deputy chef de cabinet, Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, hinted to the Japanese that the EU may be willing to go lower than its current ​official limit of 8 percent, possibly as low as 4 to 5 percent; however, that would be hard for Japan to accept. Borchardt also tried to allay Japanese fears that ​the EU might try again to enter into a bilateral, under-the-table deal with the U.S. (as had happened in Cancun in 2003), saying that Brussels had learned its ​lesson with respect to such back-door actions.

Unconventional

Japanese leadership

Z-3/OO/33343-06, 291712Z

NSA Targets World Leaders for US Geopolitical Interests: Italy

Selected extracts of "top" NSA intercepts related to European Union interests, taken from various editions of the National Security Agency's Top Secret ​Global SIGINT Highlights executive briefings.

• Italy Would Help Israel Mend Relations With U.S.
  
• European Leaders Hold Berlusconi Accountable on Italian Financial Situation
  

Italy Would Help Israel Mend Relations With U.S.

Date 2010

Classification TOP SECRET//COMINT//ORCON/REL TO USA, FVEY

WikiLeaks Synopsis

Intercepted communication between Italian PM Berlusconi and Israeli PM Netanyahu show that Berlusconi promised to assist helping Israel in mending ​damaged relationship with the U.S.

Original NSA text:

Italy Would Help Israel Mend Relations With U.S. (TS//SI//OC/REL TO USA, FVEY)

(TS//SI//OC/REL TO USA, FVEY) Israel has reached out to Europe, including Italy, for help in smoothing out the current rift in its relations with the United ​States, according to Italian diplomatic reporting of 13 March. Speaking with Italian Prime Minister (PM) Silvio Berlusconi, Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu ​insisted that the trigger for the dispute--Israel's decision to build 1,600 homes in contested East Jerusalem--was totally in keeping with national policy dating ​back to the administration of Golda Meir, and blamed this mishandling on a government official with poor political sensitivity. The objective now, Netanyahu ​said, is to keep the Palestinians from using this issue as a pretext to block a resumption of talks or to advance unrealistic claims that could risk sinking the ​peace negotiations altogether. Continuing, he asserted that the tension has only been heightened by the absence of direct contact between himself and the ​U.S. President. In response, Berlusconi promised to put Italy at Israel's disposal in helping mend the latter's ties with Washington. Other Israeli officials, ​meanwhile, believed that this tiff goes far beyond merely the question of the construction plans, marking instead the lowest point in U.S.-Israeli relations in ​memory.

SCS, Unconventional

Italian leadership

3/79/37-10, 161635Z; 3/OO/506688-10, 171833Z

European Leaders Hold Berlusconi Accountable on Italian Financial Situation

Date 2011

Classification TOP SECRET//COMINT//NOFORN

WikiLeaks Synopsis

Intercepted communication of Berlusconi's personal advisor on international relations, Valentino Valentini, describes concerns on the Italian financial crisis ​expressed by French President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel to the Italian Prime Minister, and show that they pressured Berlusconi to take action.

Original NSA text:

European Leaders Hold Berlusconi Accountable on Italian Financial Situation (TS//SI//NF)

(TS//SI//NF) A 22 October meeting attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Italian Prime Minister (PM) Silvio ​Berlusconi was later described by the Italian's personal adviser on international relations, Valentino Valentini, as tense and very harsh toward the Rome ​government. Merkel and Sarkozy, evidently brooking no excuses with respect to Italy's current predicament, pressured the PM to announce strong, concrete ​palliatives and then to implement them in order to show that his government is serious about its debt problem. Sarkozy was said to have told Berlusconi that ​while the latter's claims about the solidity of the Italian banking system may be true in theory, financial institutions there could soon "pop" like the cork in a ​champagne bottle, that "words are no longer enough," and that Berlusconi must now "make decisions." Also on the 24th, Valentini indicated that EU Council ​President Herman Van Rompuy had urged Italy to undertake policies aimed at reducing the impression within the EU that the country is weighed down with ​an enormous debt at a moment in time when it also is struggling with low productivity and showing little dynamism. In Van Rompuy's opinion, Spain is the ​model that Italy should now be seeking to emulate.

Unconventional

Italian leadership

Z-3/OO/550156-11, 251344Z

NSA Targets World Leaders for US Geopolitical Interests: United Nations

Selected extracts of "top" NSA intercepts of leaders of United Nations, taken from various editions of the National Security Agency's Top Secret Global ​SIGINT Highlights executive briefings.

• Japan Seeks Long-Term Pact With Specific Figures on Climate Change at G-8
  
• UNSYG Stresses Importance of EU Leadership Role in Climate Change
  

Japan Seeks Long-Term Pact With Specific Figures on Climate Change at G-8

Date 2008

Classification TOP SECRET//COMINT//NOFORN

WikiLeaks Synopsis

Intercepted communication between Japanese and German diplomats reveal plans and concerns regarding the negotiations on climate change to be had at ​the G-8 summit in Copenhagen in 2009.

Original NSA text:

Japan Seeks Long-Term Pact With Specific Figures on Climate Change at G-8 (TS//SI//NF)

(TS//SI//NF) Japan, preparing for its role as chairman of the Group-of-8 (G-8) summit at Lake Toya early in July, has given notice that it intends to strive for a ​long-term commitment on climate change with specific figures, while Germany believes that the crucial issue at the summit is whether the U.S. will accept ​going beyond Heiligendamm (the site of last year's G-8 summit) language in the framework of the G-8 if the emerging countries do not accept numerical ​targets at the Major Economies Meeting (MEM). (According to press reports, leaders from 16 countries, including the members of the G-8 plus China, India, ​Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, South Korea, South Africa, and Mexico, plan to discuss climate change on the margins of the G-8 summit in Japan.) Masaharu ​Kono, Japan's G-8 sherpa, emphasized Tokyo's position in an exchange with his German counterpart, Bernd Pfaffenback, on 17 June, while Pfaffenback ​provided his country's take on the issues to be addressed at Lake Toya. The German also noted that, in response to a U.S. request, his country would likely ​give up its demand for a 25- to 45-percent mid-term carbon dioxide reduction at the MEM. In addition, he does not believe that the emerging economies are ​willing to go beyond the Bali language at present, his feeling being that they prefer instead to wait until next year's G-8 summit in Copenhagen, because they ​do not wish to give up things now that they might be prepared to give up later. It is also Pfaffenback's position that a failure of the emerging economies to ​accept a long-term goal with numbers, even in brackets, would pose difficulties for the G-8 and possibly lead to a clash at the summit itself if there is no ​fallback position.

Unconventional

German leadership, Japanese diplomatic

Z-3/OO/4860-08, 191611Z

UNSYG Stresses Importance of EU Leadership Role in Climate Change

Date 2008

Classification TOP SECRET//COMINT-GAMMA//ORCON/NOFORN

WikiLeaks Synopsis

Intercepted communication between UN Segretary-General Ban Ki-moon and German Chancellor Angela Merkel reveal Ki-moon's confidence in EU as a ​necessary leader in the climate change negotiations.

Original NSA text:

UNSYG Stresses Importance of EU Leadership Role in Climate Change (TS//SI-G//OC/NF)

(TS//SI-G//OC/NF) UNSYG Ban Ki-moon, in an exchange on 10 December with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, pointed out that the world would be ​watching the EU with "keen interest" for reassurances that it will maintain its leadership role in combating climate change. He believes that the mid-​December EU Summit in Brussels will impact on the UN Conference on Climate Change in Poznan as well as the 2009 Copenhagen Talks, stressing that ​without positive signals and continued leadership from the EU, it would be difficult for the UN to make a commitment in Poznan. Ban also maintained that ​since the new U.S. administration will have a very engaging and proactive attitude on the issue, the time is right for the EU and the whole world to create ​conditions necessary for reaching a meaningful deal at the 2009 UN Climate Talks. In that regard, Ban considered the Poznan Conference to be very ​important as a "bridge" toward Copenhagen. Ban also praised Merkel for her personal efforts regarding the issue of combating climate change and for ​encouraging other EU leaders to agree on the issue. For her part, Merkel was optimistic that the EU Summit would come to an agreement, although she ​acknowledged that the tough issue would involve carbon dioxide trading. Both Ban and Merkel favored holding a mini-summit in early 2009 to involve the ​new U.S. administration, believing that it is important to get a clear idea of U.S. intentions. Merkel believed that the climate-change issue should be discussed ​at the heads-of-state level, otherwise it would not work.

Unidentified

UN diplomatic, German leadership

Z-G/OO/503904-08, 112153Z