The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 24, 2016 Italy Summons U.S. Ambassador over Reports NSA Spied on Prime Minister ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Italy has summoned its U.S. ambassador after reports the National Security Agency tapped the phones of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his aides in 2011. Italy said it wanted "specific clarifications" after Italian news outlets, citing Wiki Leaks, reported on the spying. .