China News Service: US surveillance scandal tore off the mask of "cyber security guards"

　　China News Service, Beijing, June 10 (Jiang Li) A few days ago, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation exposed the use of Danish Internet facilities by the US National Security Agency to secretly monitor the leaders of European allies.

This is another nasty surveillance incident since Snowden, an employee of the CIA, exposed the US "Prism Gate" project in 2013.

　　The United States often uses "cyber security" as an excuse to suppress other countries.

The exposure of the monitoring of European allies this time has once again tore off the hypocritical mask of the Washington authorities, which is enough to prove that the US cyber security pursues out-and-out hegemonism and is based on trampling on the cyber security of other countries.

The United States does its own way and continues to challenge the bottom line of the international community. It should give the European countries and the international community under surveillance an explanation.

　　At the same time, the surveillance scandal also exposed the United States’ distrust of its European allies.

The United States has always regarded Europe as a potential threat. What this superpower wants is not true allies, but wants to monitor Europe to assist its own interests in decision-making. Such espionage is bound to generate alliances between the United States and Europe crack.

　　This incident makes people wonder how much the United States has penetrated into Europe, and the "black hands" of the United States must not only extend to Europe.

As the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said, the United States' monitoring of European leaders is only the "tip of the iceberg."

Therefore, the international community cannot tolerate this incident.

Only by opposing and cracking down on such behaviors with a clear-cut stand can we maintain international network security and safeguard the common interests of all countries.

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Wiretapping scandal unmasks US'cybersecurity guard'

By John Lee

(ECNS) --Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio reported that the country's secret services helped American counterparts eavesdrop on European leaders several days ago, another surveillance scandal since former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden massive US surveillance programs in 2013.

The wiretapping scandal disclosed the real face of a country that frequently cracks down on others on the pretext of "cybersecurity." Its so-called cybersecurity is at the cost of others' cyber security. It is cybersecurity hegemony and requires a due explanation.

Meanwhile, this type of snooping proves that the US distrusts its European allies and views them as a potential threat. What it wants is not true allies, but by tapping its allies it can make decisions that serve its own interests. Such a spy move is bound to harm US-EU ties.

It is reasonable to think US surveillance has extended beyond Europe. As Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova put it, the exposed scandal is "simply the tip of the iceberg."

The international community should not allow the scandal to fizzle out. Only by taking a clear-cut stand on this kind of behavior can we maintain international cybersecurity and safeguard the common interests of all countries.