U.S. Spied During G20 In Toronto, New Leaked NSA Documents Show

New Leaked NSA Documents Reveal Spying At G20 Summit
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President Barack Obama of the United States and Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan, left, meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Toronto, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Top secret documents retrieved by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden show that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government allowed the largest American spy agency to conduct widespread surveillance in Canada during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits.

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