The latest leak in U.S. surveillance programs involving Edward Snowden has hit U.S. ally France.<br/> <br />In a new report, the French newspaper Le Monde says the N.S.A. recorded more than 70 million phone calls and text messages of French citizens.<br/> <br />The surveillance happened between December 2012 and January of this year.<br/> <br />Le Monde Deputy Editor Remy Ourdan says the allegations prove France has fallen victim to the same surveillance as in Great Britain and in Germany.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) DEPUTY CHIEF EDITOR AT LE MONDE REMY OURDAN SAYING:<br/> <br />"Through the secret Prism and Upstream programs, the surveillance and spying goes beyond the constant and official justification of the fight against terrorism."<br/> <br />Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says he has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to France, Charles Rivkin, to the Foreign Ministry to explain the latest revelations.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER LAURENT FABIUS SAYING:<br/> <br />"We had already been alerted
