Greece's prime minister on Thursday defended the workings of the country's intelligence service in the face of a wiretapping scandal, saying its operation is essential to the country's security despite what he described as the misstep of tapping an opposition politician's phone.
Speaking during a parliamentary debate called by the main opposition party over the wiretapping of politicians and journalists, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that “nothing must bring into question this valuable branch of the state.”
