Exclusive: Edward Snowden papers reveal 38 targets including EU, France and Italy
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One of the bugging methods mentioned is codenamed Dropmire, which according to a 2007 document is 'implanted on the Cryptofax at the EU embassy, DC'. Photograph: Guardian
US intelligence services are spying on the European Union mission in New York and its embassy in Washington, according to the latest 'top secret' US National Security Agency documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
One document lists 38 embassies and missions, describing them as "targets". It details an extraordinary range of spying methods used against each target, from bugs implanted in electronic communications gear to taps into cables to the collection of transmissions with specialised antennae.
READ MORE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/30/nsa-leaks-us-bugging-european-allies
One document lists 38 embassies and missions, describing them as "targets". It details an extraordinary range of spying methods used against each target, from bugs implanted in electronic communications gear to taps into cables to the collection of transmissions with specialised antennae.
READ MORE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/30/nsa-leaks-us-bugging-european-allies
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