Snowden: NSA spies on Cameron; could have ‘backdoor’ into GCHQ

‘Snowden said the UK’s security agency, GCHQ, along with other US allies, was also irresponsible in letting the NSA install surveillance technology, and dictate how it is used.

“Even the systems that are operating in the United Kingdom are designed by the NSA, so you are getting US spy equipment placed in your country, and the government simply trusts the NSA to give them something that doesn’t have a backdoor, that they won’t use it against you,” said Snowden.

“David Cameron is in the databases alongside everybody else,” said the whistleblower when asked about whether US agencies had access to the records of top UK public figures.’

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