Secret US diplomatic conversations are safe, a top official said Friday, despite the apparent bugging of an American envoy's phone. Asked if she was confident about the security of diplomatic communications, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki replied: "Certainly we are." She revealed that data encryption is given to all State Department employees for their government-issued BlackBerry mobile phones. She refused to detail however whether Secretary of State John Kerry had access to a voice-encrypted mobile phone.



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