Reuters swaps story about NSA hacking the UN for NSA fluff piece.

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tomelders

13 years ago

The article in question is here: U.S. Spy agency edges into the light after Snowden revalations

http://www.reuters.com/article/comments/idUSBRE97O08120130825

The original article is here (Uk Site): U.S. spy agency bugged U.N. headquarters - Germany's Spiegel

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/25/uk-usa-security-nsa-idUKBRE97O08B20130825

The story was linked to on Reddit

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1l22ie/us_spy_agency_bugged_un_headquarters_reuters_the/

Read the comments in the US version of the article, and there's a handful of comments on Reddit about it, but no one on Reuters seems to be acknowledging that the article has been swapped.

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