Joe Wippl

Boston University

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Professor at Boston University; former agency operations officer with the CIA, he had a 35-year career as a member of its National Clandestine Service

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President Obama has told German Chancellor Angela Merkel he didn't know her cell phone was tapped by America's National Security Agency and that he's put a stop to it.

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President Obama has told German Chancellor Angela Merkel he didn't know her cell phone was tapped by America's National Security Agency and that he's put a stop to it.

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