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The Spying Scandal and Transatlantic Ties

On May 30, a consortium of major European media outlets brought to light yet another spying scandal involving the United States’ systematic and longterm espionage campaign against its closest European allies. According to a report following an internal investigation of the Danish Defense Intelligence Services (FE) completed in 2015, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), notorious for its mass global signals intelligence collection, had eavesdropped on the top leaders and highranking officials of Germany, Sweden, Norway and France through cooperation with the FE.

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