We already knew that the US was
spying on diplomats in the United Nations. You KNOW we're spying on EVERYONE, everywhere. Now you're getting the proof.
The United States has bugged European Union offices and gained access to EU internal computer networks, according to secret documents cited in a German magazine, the latest in a series of exposures of alleged US spy programmes.
Der Spiegel quoted from a September 2010 "top secret" US National Security Agency (NSA) document that it said whistleblower Edward Snowden had taken with him, and the magazine's journalists had seen in part.
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The document explicitly called the EU a "target".
The NSA also targeted telecommunications at the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels, home to the European Council, the collective of EU national governments, according to the magazine.
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In reactions published on the magazine's website, European Parliament chief Martin Schulz said more information was needed, but if the spying allegations proved correct, "it's a huge scandal".
"On behalf of the European Parliament, I demand full clarification and require further information speedily from the US authorities with regard to these allegations," he said in an emailed statement.
Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn told Der Spiegel: "If these reports are true, it's disgusting."
"The United States would be better off monitoring its secret services rather than its allies. We must get a guarantee from the very highest level now that this stops immediately."
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At this point, if you would take a guarantee from the US government, you’re a fool.
US officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
No, I guess not. They’re too busy hunting down Edward Snowden.
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