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Newly-released documents show the United States hacked into the e-mail servers of Chinese
tech giant Huawei five years ago. The German weekly Der Spiegel cites secret
U.S. intelligence documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in their report.
It says the National Security Agency targeted and gained access to Huawei's client lists
and e-mail archives in early 2009. During that time, concerns were growing in
Washington that the telecommunications equipment manufacturer was a threat to U.S. national
security. The latest reports reveal the U.S. spy agency
even targeted top Chinese officials, including former President Hu Jintao.