US Defense of Vast EU Spying by NSA: 'Everyone Else Is Doing It'

The US response to the latest revelations about its vast global surveillance programs amounts to the plaintive and familiar cry from the teenager caught in the act: ‘Everyone else is doing it.’

News reports over the weekend from both Der Speigel in Germany and the UK’s Guardian sparked outrage among EU countries after new documents made available by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden showed the NSA has been spying on many of its European allies, bugging their offices and tapping into their computer networks.

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Following the reports, German officials accused the US of treating it “like a cold war enemy” and Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, said he was “deeply worried and shocked” over the allegations, and demanded a “full clarification” from the US regarding the allegations.

But on Sunday, the office of the NSA’s director put out a press statement saying that the US foreign spying programs against its so-called allies is “of the of the type gathered by all nations.”