WASHINGTON, D.C.: United States (US) President Barack Obama said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) that he would seek to keep United States intelligence-gathering operations in check amid mounting European ire over American snooping on the continent.

As Spain summoned the US ambassador to denounce the mass eavesdropping, the normally loyal head of the US Senate intelligence committee claimed her panel had been kept in the dark.

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