The National Security Agency has been exposed for spying on the last three French presidents.

The website Wikileaks revealed classified documents that reveal the NSA targeted the communications of Presidents Hollande, Sarkozy and Chirac.  In addition, the spy agency targeted cabinet ministers and the French ambassador to the U.S.

The news of the Wikileaks release was published in the French daily newspaper Liberation.

“The French people have a right to know that their elected government is subject to hostile surveillance from a supposed ally,” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in the statement, adding that more “important revelations” would soon follow.

President Obama has told French President Hollande that the NA is “not targeting and will not target” his communications.

A spokesman for the White House’s National Security Council reiterated the President’s position.

“Indeed, as we have said previously, we do not conduct any foreign intelligence surveillance activities unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose. This applies to ordinary citizens and world leaders alike,” NSC’s Ned Price said.

“We work closely with France on all matters of international concern, and the French are indispensable partners.”

The WikiLeaks documents show the NSA spied on items about “the global financial crisis, the Greek debt crisis, the leadership and future of the European Union, the relationship between the Hollande administration and the German government of Angela Merkel, French efforts to determine the make-up of the executive staff of the United Nations, French involvement in the conflict in Palestine and a dispute between the French and US governments over US spying on France.”