Why has the United States been bugging the offices of EU diplomats on both sides of the Atlantic? European officials are absolutely seething with anger about reports that the NSA has been using “Cold War methods” to spy on EU diplomats. Apparently the NSA had planted bugs in EU offices, had intercepted phone calls and emails from top EU officials, and had even tapped directly into the computer systems of “our friends”. EU diplomatic offices in Washington D.C. and the EU’s mission to the United Nations in New York were two of the primary targets where this type of surveillance was employed. Some EU politicians are so outraged by this behavior that they are threatening to derail sensitive trade negotiations that are currently taking place. And of course it is perfectly understandable that they would be outraged. The United States holds itself up as the great defender of liberty and freedom in the world, and yet we have been spying on our friends as much as we possibly can. How in the world is the rest of the globe supposed to look at us as the “good guys” if we are openly admitting that we are (Read More...)
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