This weekend's leaked NSA documents may be cause for more than just domestic privacy concerns. Published in Der Spiegel , the leaks revealed that the NSA had bugged the European Union offices in Washington, and along with the usual concerns of overreaching surveillance, they've got American allies nervous. With a handful of international agreements under negotiation in the coming months, it couldn't have come at a worse time.
The biggest effect has been seen in the trans-Atlantic trade talks set to begin next week. Germany, a key partner-nation in the agreement, is already threatening a formal investigation based on the leaks. Inevitably, the concern over spying has begun to overshadow the talks. As one German parliamentarian told The...
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