The United States said on Tuesday that French newspaper reports about America’s espionage activities abroad contained inaccurate and misleading information.

The United States said on Tuesday that French newspaper reports about America's espionage activities abroad contained inaccurate and misleading information.

In a statement the US Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, said that reports from Le Monde contained "inaccurate and misleading" information about America's foreign intelligence activities.

The French newspaper Le Monde reported Monday that millions of phone calls in France were monitored by the National Security Agency.
It followed up Tuesday by publishing details of US spying on French embassies around the world.

Clapper said the Le Monde report that the NSA collected 70 million recordings of French citizens was "false", but added in a statement that he would not discuss details of US espionage.

"The United States values our longstanding friendship and alliance with France and we will continue to cooperate on security and intelligence matters going forward," the statement on Tuesday night added.

Meanwhile, the United States faced anger on yet another front in the unfolding saga, this time from Mexico.
The key US neighbor and ally to the south said it would investigate allegations that the United States spied on the emails of President Enrique Pena Nieto and his predecessor, in yet more fallout from leaks by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

Pena Nieto ordered an "exhaustive" probe into claims that the NSA hacked his emails while he was running for office last year, as well as the messages of predecessor Felipe Calderon while in office.