13-06-30 Germans fume - NSA spied on EU institutions both in the US and Europe

In 2010 I was travelling in Europe and meeting Human Rights organizations, discussing the situation that evolved in the US over the past decade or two.  The response was almost total disbelief.  The US benefits from residual good reputation from 1945...  but that good reputation is quickly eroding.  jz

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Deutsche Welle (German state broadcaster)

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Report: NSA spied on EU institutions

According to a report in the German news magazine Der Spiegel, the US National Security Agency bugged institutions of the European Union. The magazine cited documents provided by whistle-blower Edward Snowden.

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The documents, marked "top secret" and dated September 2010, specifically name the EU as a "target" for surveillance. The NSA appears to have had access to telephone calls, computer documents and emails.

Part of the surveillance included monitoring the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels (pictured above) where the European Council is housed. 

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Source:

http://www.dw.de/report-nsa-spied-on-eu-institutions/a-16915813