Der Spiegel says US bugged headquarters of UN
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The US National Security Agency has bugged the United Nations’ New York headquarters, Germany’s Der Spiegel weekly said yesterday in a report on US spying that could further strain relations between Washington and its allies.
Citing secret US documents obtained by fugitive former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, Der Spiegel said the files showed how the United States systematically spied on other states and institutions.
Der Spiegel said the European Union and the UN’s Vienna-based nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, were among those targeted by US intelligence agents.
In the summer of 2012, NSA experts succeeded in getting into the UN video conferencing system and cracking its coding system, according one of the documents cited by Der Spiegel.
Internal files also show the NSA spied on the EU legation in New York after it moved to new rooms in autumn 2012.
Among the documents copied by Snowden from NSA computers are plans of the EU mission, its IT infrastructure and servers.
According to the documents, the NSA runs a bugging program in more than 80 embassies and consulates worldwide called “Special Collection Service.”
“The surveillance is intensive and well organized and has little or nothing to do with warding off terrorists,” wrote Der Spiegel.
A week ago Britain, a staunch US ally in the intelligence field, detained the partner of a Brazil-based journalist working for London’s Guardian newspaper who has led coverage of Snowden’s leaks.
In an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron published yesterday, editors of four leading Nordic newspapers said David Miranda’s detention and moves against the Guardian were “undermining the position of the free press throughout the world.”
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