The
head of the European Parliament has demanded that the United States
provide full clarification over a report disclosed by American
whistleblower Edward Snowden alleging that Washington spied on EU
offices.
Martin Schulz said on Saturday that the revelation would have severe impacts on the ties between the EU and the US if proven true.
“On behalf of the European Parliament, I demand full clarification and require further information speedily from the US authorities with regard to these allegations,” Schulz stated.
German news magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday that the leaked documents showed that the United States National Security Agency (NSA) bugged offices and spied on EU internal computer networks in Washington, New York and Brussels.
Luxembourg's 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," said Asselborn.
Former US defense analyst Wayne Madsen told Press TV on Saturday that some European countries, including France, Germany, Spain and Britain, have secret agreements with Washington to hand over the private data of their citizens to the National Security Agency.
Snowden is currently in a transit zone at Domodedovo International Airport in the Russian capital, Moscow, after the United States revoked his passport to prevent him from travelling further. Snowden has asked Ecuador for asylum.
In the beginning of June, Snowden leaked documents, which revealed that the NSA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been secretly gathering information of American citizens and other people all around the world.
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The document, which has been seen in part by Der Spiegel journalists, is said to outline how the NSA listened to conversations and phone calls by bugging EU offices.
It also details how the agency spied on internal computer networks in Washington and at the United Nations.
Without citing sources, the magazine also reported that security officers at the EU had noticed several missed calls and traced them to NSA offices within the NATO compound in Brussels more than five years ago.
A spokesman for the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence had no comment on the story.
The president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, says if the report is correct it will have a "severe impact" on relations between the EU and the United States.
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US reportedly bugged EU offices, computer networks, according to Der Spiegel magazine
The United States has been accused of bugging
European Union offices and accessing EU computer networks, according to
secret documents cited in German magazine Der Spiegel.
The
allegations are based on a "top secret" document from the National
Security Agency (NSA), dated September 2010, that was allegedly stolen
by fugitive Edward Snowden.The document, which has been seen in part by Der Spiegel journalists, is said to outline how the NSA listened to conversations and phone calls by bugging EU offices.
It also details how the agency spied on internal computer networks in Washington and at the United Nations.
Without citing sources, the magazine also reported that security officers at the EU had noticed several missed calls and traced them to NSA offices within the NATO compound in Brussels more than five years ago.
A spokesman for the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence had no comment on the story.
The president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, says if the report is correct it will have a "severe impact" on relations between the EU and the United States.
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