傳前總統電郵遭美方監控 墨西哥迴應“不可接受”

Mexico scolded the United States on Sunday over new allegations of spying after a German magazine reported that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had hacked Felipe Calderon's public email account while he was president.

Weekly Der Spiegel said in May 2010, an NSA division known as "Tailored Access Operations" reported it had gained access to then-president Calderon's email account, and turned his office into a "lucrative" source of information.

It said details of the alleged NSA hacking of Calderon's account were contained in a document leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden's leaked information has prompted angry recriminations against Washington in Latin America, particularly Brazil.

According to Der Spiegel, the NSA succeeded in hacking a central server in the network of the Mexican presidency that was also used by other members of Calderon's cabinet, yielding a trove of information on diplomatic and economic matters.

Without citing by name the German report, which was picked up by a number of Mexican media, the Mexican foreign ministry condemned the latest allegations about "suspected acts of spying carried out by the National Security Agency."

"This practice is unacceptable, illegal and against Mexican and international law," the ministry said in a statement.

Mexico is one of the United States' biggest trading partners and the report could damage ties as the two sides seek to improve cooperation on issues like cross-border security, migration and fighting organized crime.

The ministry said President Barack Obama had pledged to carry out an "exhaustive investigation" into who was responsible for the suspected espionage in his latest meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto, who succeeded Calderon in December.

"In a relationship between neighbors and partners there is no place for the actions that allegedly took place," it added.

Pena Nieto, who according to separate reports was also a victim of NSA spying before he took office, had already called the alleged U.S. espionage "unacceptable" in July.

Still, Mexico, which sends nearly 80 percent of its exported goods to the United States, has so far offered a more restrained response to the spying allegations than Brazil.

Last month, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff suspended plans for a state visit to Washington due to revelations the NSA had snooped on her communications, and she later blasted the United States over spying at the U.N. General Assembly.在俄羅斯的庇護下，美國國家安全局（NSA）前僱員愛德華·斯諾登的生活似乎已迴歸平靜，但國安局仍處於風口浪尖之上。據英國媒體報道，當地時間10月20日，墨西哥政府針對該國前總統卡爾德隆的官方電子郵箱在其任期內被指遭美國國安局入侵一事，表示強烈譴責。

日前，德國《明鏡週刊》根據斯諾登泄露的機密文件報道稱，美國國安局下屬一個名爲“特定入侵行動辦公室”（Tailored Access Operations）的部門在2010年5月報告，它已進入墨西哥時任總統卡爾德隆的官方電子郵箱，並從中獲取不少有價值的信息。

“卡爾德隆的辦公室被變成了一個‘有利可圖’的信息源，”《明鏡週刊》如是描述美方的間諜行動。依據其報道，當時，美國國安局成功侵入卡爾德隆使用網絡的中央服務器，由於該網絡同時供卡爾德隆內閣其他成員使用，所以國安局獲取了“一批”情報，內容涉及墨西哥的外交和經濟事務。

《明鏡週刊》的上述報道經墨西哥多家媒體轉載後，引起了該國政府的注意。20日，墨西哥外交部發表聲明，厲聲譴責了美國國安局實施的“疑似間諜行爲”。“這種做法是不可接受的、非法的，違反了墨西哥國內法律和國際法律法規。（墨西哥和美國）既是鄰國也是合作伙伴，兩國間不應當發生這樣的事情。”

墨西哥外交部還表示，在該國總統涅託與美國總統奧巴馬最近一次會面中，奧巴馬承諾將進行“徹底的調查”，以找出這起間諜指控的責任人。

另有報道稱，涅託接任卡爾德隆出任墨西哥總統之前，已被納入美國國安局的監控範圍。今年7月，涅託曾公開表示美方的間諜活動“不可接受”。

自美國政府的“棱鏡”大規模監控項目遭斯諾登曝光後，此事在拉丁美洲引發極大反應，巴西等被列爲監控對象的國家更是憤怒不已。因不滿美國國安局的監聽活動，巴西總統羅塞夫上月推遲訪美，隨後，她在聯合國大會發表演講時嚴厲抨擊了美國政府的監控項目，並呼籲聯合國制定網絡監管規範，防止美國和其他國家將互聯網用作間諜活動的“新戰場”。

英國路透社認爲，鑑於墨西哥是美國最大的貿易伙伴之一，該國近八成的出口貨物銷往美國，“所以相較於巴西，墨西哥對美方間諜活動的反應更爲剋制，但此事仍會影響兩國在跨境安全、移民和打擊有組織犯罪等方面的合作。”