[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 281--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE 
 THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD ISSUE A STATEMENT REGARDING SPYING ON HIS 
                         HOLINESS, POPE FRANCIS

  Mr. PAUL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Select Committee on Intelligence:

                              S. Res. 281

       Whereas public news reports this week indicate that the 
     United States National Security Agency monitored millions of 
     phone calls in Italy in late 2012 and early 2013;
       Whereas these reports indicate that the National Security 
     Agency monitored telephone calls made to and from a residence 
     in Rome where then Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio stayed 
     during the conclave selecting Bergoglio, now known as His 
     Holiness Pope Francis, to succeed Pope Benedict XVI;
       Whereas this story has been widely reported in the American 
     and international media;
       Whereas the National Security Agency has reportedly denied 
     the allegations; and
       Whereas these allegations are serious and President Obama 
     should personally address these reports;
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
       President Obama should directly address the serious 
     allegation whether his administration monitored the calls of 
     Pope Francis or the conclave selecting the Pope.

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