Alleged NSA memo details U.S. eavesdropping at U.N.

In a rare leak that could prove embarrassing to the U.S. government, a British newspaper has printed a seemingly authentic National Security Agency memo ordering stepped-up eavesdropping against countries on the U.N. Security Council whose votes are crucial in the U.S. effort to build support for war against Iraq.

By Scott Shane and Ariel Sabar

March 4, 2003