NSA leaks: UK and US spying targets revealed/BBC

Of course, we are told that "everybody knew" what the snoops were doing and Snowden didn't really reveal anything. Yup. Yup. Yup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-25468263

The papers say that the list of around 1,000 targets includes a European Union commissioner, humanitarian organisations and an Israeli PM. The secret documents were leaked by the former US security contractor, Edward Snowden, now a fugitive in Russia. They suggest over 60 countries were targets of the NSA and Britain's GCHQ.

The Guardian writes that GCHQ targeted the UN development programme, Unicef, German government buildings and the EU Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia. The European Commission said in a statement that the claims, if true, "deserve our strongest condemnation". "This is not the type of behaviour that we expect from strategic partners, let alone from our own member states."

The Dutch Liberal MEP Sophia in 't Veld described the latest claims as "shocking". "The UK spying on its fellow EU member states in order to get an economic advantage is simply unacceptable," she said.