Europe's Caryatid Peeped on

[Ariadna: Angela Merkel, Europe’s Caryatid, surely expected more respect from Uncle Sam than to be spied on, eavesdropped on, and mistrusted. Why, even the sweet nothings she whispered to Ban-Ki-moon, everything recorded! How humiliating!]

US surveillance of Merkel Wider Than Thought: WikiLeaks

Berlin (AFP) – US intelligence spied on talks German Chancellor Angela Merkel held with the UN chief and key European leaders, a German newspaper reported Tuesday citing classified documents released by WikiLeaks.

The US National Security Agency (NSA), which drew fire for tapping Merkel’s mobile phone, also gathered information on a 2008 conversation about climate change she held with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily said.