Berlin accuses Washington of cold war tactics over snooping

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Berlin accuses Washington of cold war tactics over snooping

Reports of NSA snooping on Europe go well beyond previous revelations of electronic spying

The Guardian, Sunday 30 June 2013 16.55 EDT

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger: 'If the media reports are true, it is reminiscent of the actions of enemies during the cold war'. Photograph: Ole Spata/Corbis


Transatlantic relations plunged at the weekend as Berlin, Brussels and Paris all demanded that Washington account promptly and fully for new disclosures on the scale of the US National Security Agency's spying on its European allies.

As further details emerged of the huge reach of US electronic snooping on Europe, Berlin accused Washington of treating it like the Soviet Union, "like a cold war enemy".

Berlin accuses Washington of cold war tactics over snooping | World news | The Guardian

 

[ScienceRocks]

New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European allies

Exclusive: Edward Snowden papers reveal 38 targets including EU, France and Italy


New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European allies | World news | The Guardian

This Snowden is kicking the US in the balls harder then Saddam ever could.

 

[deltex1]

Hardly a surprise to anyone involved but they have to play the game.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Hardly a surprise to anyone involved but they have to play the game.

^ yup