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Der Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) arbeitet dem Whistleblower Edward Snowden zufolge bereits seit Jahren eng mit der NSA zusammen.

Vice-President Reding will participate today in a plenary debate in the European Parliament on the recent revelations about U.S. surveillance activities and surveillance programmes in various EU Member States.

US attempts to downplay spying allegations as growing European anger threatens to derail transatlantic trade talks

Neue Dokumente, die Edward Snowden von der NSA mitgebracht hat, zeigen, dass die NSA Computer und Gebäude der EU in Washington angegriffen haben soll. Sie werden als "Angriffsziel" bezeichnet.

Whistleblower leaves Hong Kong.

Former United States National Security Agency (NSA) employee turned whistleblower Edward Snowden has reportedly revealed attacks by his former employer on network operator Pacnet.

Speaking to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, Snowden said Pacnet's computers in Hong Kong were attacked by America but did not provide information as to the motive nor whether Pacnet suffered any damage in the now-closed hacking operation.

The European Parliament will vote — ironically of all days, on U.S. Independence Day on July 4 — whether existing data sharing agreements between the two continents should be suspended, following allegations that U.S.

She told her colleagues: "I do not want to hear the argument of national security anymore," she added. "Sorry, bugging the EU offices in Washington is a matter of 'national security'?

Blanket surveillance of millions of innocent citizens is a matter of 'national security'? I do not buy that anymore."

Several major websites are planning to take co-ordinated action in protest over US surveillance, with real-world demonstrations also planned.

Reddit, Mozilla and Wordpress are among the big web names backing the action, due to take place on Thursday.

Almost 100 events have been planned across the US.

An interactive map detailing their locations has been published.

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce the newest member of its Board of Directors: renowned security expert Bruce Schneier.

Le quotidien allemand Der Spiegel et le britannique The Guardian ont publié ce week-end de nouvelles informations sur le programme Prism de la NSA qui révèlent un espionnage généralisé y compris et surtout en direction de leurs « alliés ».

Dès lors, les réactions indignées se multiplient et c’est désormais le ministre des Affaires étrangères Laurent Fabius qui demande des explications dans les plus brefs délais et qui précise : « ces faits, s’ils étaient confirmés, seraient tout à fait inacceptables ». la ministre de la Justice Christine Taubira en rajoute dans l’indignation en parlant

                    ===> « d’un acte d’hostilité inqualifiable ». <===

Dans toute l’Europe, les commentaires sont équivalents et la menace pèse désormais sur la négociation d’une zone de libre échange atlantique actuellement en discussion.

« On ne peut pas négocier sur un grand marché transatlantique s’il y a le moindre doute que nos partenaires ciblent des écoutes vers les bureaux des négociateurs européens », indique Vivane Reding, commissaire européen à la Justice.

New allegations also suggest EU computer networks were hacked

The US intelligence service may have placed bugs in European Union (EU) buildings as part of its PRISM spying program, it has emerged from documents released by whistle-blower Edward Snowden.

Documents seen by the German newspaper Spiegel suggest that not only were bugs installed in the EU's offices in Washington, but also that the building's computer network was infiltrated.

Through this, surveillance teams had the capability to listen to discussions in several offices belonging to the EU, as well as being able to access emails and documents on computers.