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A U.S. diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks and reported on by the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten cited an October 2005 incident involving outside surveillance by the U.S. mission in Geneva.The cable said the mission checked out a Middle Eastern couple who lingered about 100 meters (100 yards) from the mission's entrance after a U.S. technician noticed a sign in their car with the word "Islam" in French.Criticism came from across the Swiss political spectrum. Some demanded action by Switzerland's seven-member executive council that includes the nation's president, vice president and heads of agencies."If the suspicion turns out to be true, then the Federal Council has to send a signal," Green Party lawmaker Josef Lang told the Zurich daily Tages-Anzeiger. "It should expel the U.S. agents from the country and summon the ambassador."The U.S. embassy in Bern and the U.S. mission in Geneva had applied twice to the Swiss government in 2006 and 2007 for permission to conduct this type of surveillance, as required by Swiss law, said Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman Philippe Piatti said, but they were turned down.Swiss officials immediately demanded a stop to any spying when the Nordic reports came out, he said.
The big story around here these days is that America have been spying on civilians in European countries without informing the government. It all started when Norway found out about it, and then other countries started looking into it and found that Americans had indeed been spying on civilians in their country.But there was one thing America didn’t count on: A nation just as terror-paranoid as them. Denmark to be exact. There the government found out about the spying and sent out Danish agents to spy on the American agents. For those who forgot, the woman with the hat is Estonia. And it is of course Sister Denmark spying on America.by Humon11th 11 2010
