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A senior U.S. official late Monday disputed Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein’s assertion that the United States has stopped all spying on allies。

Amid a global uproar over American surveillance activities, Feinstein (D.-Calif。) had announced earlier that “the White House has informed me that collection on our allies will not continue, which I support。”

National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden, in a statement emailed to reporters, said the White House worked closely with Feinstein but would not confirm the senator’s assertion. “I’m not going to go into the details of those private discussions, nor am I going to comment on assertions made in the Senator’s statement today about U.S. foreign intelligence activities,” Hayden said。

A senior administration official, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, later told Yahoo News that Feinstein’s claim was “not accurate。” The official said there had been “some individual changes” to the policy, “we have not made across-the-board policy changes” like “terminating intelligence collection that might be aimed at allies。”

Leaders in Germany, France, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, and other friendly countries have complained loudly about revelations that the United States spy agencies targeted their citizens and leaders. The White House has said in recent days that the United States "will not" spy on German Chancellor Angela Merkel。

Feinstein said in her statement that she is “totally opposed” to the National Security Agency collecting intelligence on allied leaders – and vowed that her committee would “initiate a major review into all intelligence collection programs。”

“Unless the United States is engaged in hostilities against a country or there is an emergency need for this type of surveillance, I do not believe the United States should be collecting phone calls or emails of friendly presidents and prime ministers,” she said. “The president should be required to approve any collection of this sort。”

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據(jù)《洛杉磯時(shí)報(bào)》10月28日?qǐng)?bào)道，對(duì)于奧巴馬及其助手不知監(jiān)控外國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人一事的說法，美國(guó)情報(bào)官員透露透露，正是白宮批準(zhǔn)對(duì)盟國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的間諜行動(dòng)。

***西班牙加入抗議隊(duì)伍

日前，西班牙《世界報(bào)》援引美國(guó)國(guó)家安全局(NSA)前雇員愛德華·斯諾登泄露的文件報(bào)道稱，在2012年12月至2013年1月間，該國(guó)超過6000萬的電話數(shù)據(jù)遭到美國(guó)情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)監(jiān)控。此事一經(jīng)曝光，立即在西班牙引發(fā)軒然大波。

當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間28日，西班牙外交部召見美國(guó)駐馬德里大使，要求其對(duì)美國(guó)國(guó)安局在西班牙進(jìn)行大規(guī)模監(jiān)控的相關(guān)指控進(jìn)行解釋。西班牙官員稱，倘若上述指控被證明為真，將是“不恰當(dāng)且無法接受的”。

由此，繼德國(guó)、法國(guó)、墨西哥、巴西等國(guó)家之后，西班牙也加入公開聲討美國(guó)大規(guī)模監(jiān)控活動(dòng)的隊(duì)伍。因其國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人和普通公民成為美國(guó)情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)的監(jiān)控對(duì)象，這些“友國(guó)”開始大聲指責(zé)美國(guó)的不當(dāng)之舉，國(guó)家間的友好合作也備受打擊。

***監(jiān)控活動(dòng)白宮知情

35名國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的電話遭美國(guó)國(guó)安局監(jiān)聽一事被斯諾登曝光后，白宮方面一直堅(jiān)稱，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬及其助手對(duì)于此類高層監(jiān)聽活動(dòng)并不知情。然而，事實(shí)似乎并非如此。

多名現(xiàn)任和前任美國(guó)情報(bào)官員28日表示，白宮和美國(guó)國(guó)務(wù)院簽署了對(duì)盟國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人進(jìn)行電話監(jiān)聽的相關(guān)協(xié)議。根據(jù)兩名前高級(jí)情報(bào)官員的說法，按照慣例，如果某個(gè)國(guó)家的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人被列為監(jiān)聽目標(biāo)，美國(guó)駐該國(guó)大使以及白宮國(guó)家安全委員負(fù)責(zé)該國(guó)事務(wù)的工作人員都會(huì)定期收到報(bào)告，“奧巴馬可能沒有就國(guó)安局針對(duì)某一位國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的監(jiān)控行動(dòng)專門接受過簡(jiǎn)報(bào)，但是，(白宮)國(guó)家安全委員會(huì)和情報(bào)界高層必然知曉行動(dòng)的詳情，否則就太荒謬了!”

還有官員稱，假如美國(guó)情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)監(jiān)控外國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人對(duì)白宮而言是一個(gè)“新聞”，那么只能說明白宮官員沒有看過放在桌上的簡(jiǎn)報(bào)。據(jù)稱，美國(guó)國(guó)安局和其他情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)的專業(yè)人員現(xiàn)在十分生氣，因?yàn)樗麄冇X得被拋棄了，“斯諾登的爆料令美國(guó)與其盟國(guó)的關(guān)系變得緊張，奧巴馬努力與此事保持距離，顯然他是在刻意撇清關(guān)系”。

***美停止監(jiān)控盟友?

美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)參議院情報(bào)特別委員會(huì)主席黛安娜·范斯坦28日發(fā)表聲明稱，她反對(duì)美國(guó)情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)對(duì)盟國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人實(shí)施監(jiān)控，國(guó)會(huì)將對(duì)所有情報(bào)監(jiān)控項(xiàng)目進(jìn)行徹查。“除非是(美國(guó)的)敵對(duì)國(guó)或者事出緊急，否則美方不應(yīng)搜集友好國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的電話和電郵記錄。不過，白宮告知我不會(huì)繼續(xù)進(jìn)行針對(duì)美國(guó)盟友的情報(bào)收集活動(dòng)，對(duì)此我很支持。”

當(dāng)天晚些時(shí)候，美國(guó)白宮國(guó)家安全委員會(huì)發(fā)言人凱特琳·海登對(duì)范斯坦的說法提出質(zhì)疑。在一封寫給媒體的電郵中，海登稱盡管白宮與范斯坦在工作中保持緊密合作，但白宮對(duì)其聲明不予置評(píng)，“我不會(huì)講述細(xì)節(jié)，也不作評(píng)論”。

另一外不愿具名的美政府高級(jí)官員則明確表示，范斯坦的說法“不準(zhǔn)確”。這位官員稱，美國(guó)的情報(bào)收集政策只是略作調(diào)整，“沒有發(fā)生停止可能針對(duì)盟國(guó)的情報(bào)搜集活動(dòng)等大的全盤改變”。