The reason America spies on its 'die-hard' ally is to get the EU's high-end technological intelligence to obtain a competitive advantage for U.S. companies
Reports about the surveillance of European Union diplomatic offices by American intelligence agencies — in particular, the National Security Agency — have sparked a new controversy connected to the Edward Snowden case.
Europeans are more attached to private data protection than Americans. They are thus even more sensitive to this offense — committed by the information services of a country that is supposed to protect them.
How can America explain to the world that, despite long fashioning itself as 'the global human rights police,' the country nonetheless flagrantly violates human rights with its worldwide internet surveillance?