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America’s spying apparatus needs to be placed under “additional constraints” the White House admitted on Monday as the Spanish government expressed “serious concern” about reports that its citizens had also been subjected to mass-surveillance. “We recognize there needs to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence,” said Jay Carney, the White House spokesman, as pressure grew on Washington from Europe to rein in spying operations that included bugging the phone the German Chancellor.

The White House’s more contrite tone came as a senior Democrat broke ranks, deploring the bugging of world leaders’ phones and pledging a “major review” of intelligence operations.