"As a matter of fact, you know, I have felt that my own
communications are probably monitored," Carter told NBC's "Meet
the Press" in an interview that aired on Sunday.
"And when I want to communicate with a foreign leader privately,
I type or write a letter myself, put it in the post office, and
mail it," he added.
Asked about disclosures of sweeping U.S. surveillance
activities, Carter, a Democrat who served as president from 1977
to 1981, said the practice "has been extremely liberalized and,
I think, abused by our own intelligence agencies."
(Reporting by Peter Cooney; editing by Eric Walsh)
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