According to Global Network , although so long has passed, "European Watergate Incident" is still fermenting.
The cause of the incident was this: three years ago, Diana Riba from the European Parliament made a phone call with another person. After a while, the person who was talking to Liba received another call, but the recording of the phone call from him and Liba came from the other end of the phone. Only then did Riba realize that his phone was being monitored.
French President Macron
The tool used to monitor European politicians is the Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO. It is understood that 14 EU countries have purchased this software. Some of are used to monitor political opponents, and some are used to track criminals, which can be regarded as a double-edged sword.
It is logical that if such a big political scandal occurs, the EU will definitely not sit idly by. But most member states refuse to be supervised by the EU. After all, most of the surveillance operations are initiated by their own governments or law enforcement agencies, so there is no reason to slap themselves in the face. So far, no relevant ban or sanctions have been introduced.
But if the person who monitors Europe is a foreigner, then it cannot be generalized. " prism gate " has been heard of. It is a monitoring plan implemented by NSA (NSA). It started in 2007 and was exposed by NSA agent Snowden in 2013. It involves politicians from many European countries, including then German Chancellor Merkel .
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel
The US government is now embarrassed and promises to never monitor the mobile phones of allies again. As a result, Snowden was soon slapped in the face again. He called on Denmark to request all information to be disclosed, because the United States began to use Denmark's cable sites to monitor Europe in 2015, and then the Vice President of the United States, Biden , was also accused of it. The series of storms of
also told the world that the United States has never stopped listening to its European allies in . If this approach is exposed, it will be changed. There are so many European countries, and there are always a few willing to cooperate with the United States.
Snowden also began his own escape career. In order to avoid being arrested, he first fled to Hong Kong, China before releasing confidential documents. After the U.S. State Department revoked his passport, Snowden fled to other countries.
snowden
During this period, snooker has frequently applied for asylum to Western countries , but due to pressure from the US government, no one dared to accept it. If it weren't for Snowden, they might have been kept in the dark. Now that their benefactor has been killed, no one is willing to lend a helping hand, which is ironic enough.
Finally, it was Russia who accepted Snowden and extended his asylum period several times. Until September this year, Snowden obtained Russian nationality and officially swore to become a Russian citizen this month, and he can finally live a peaceful life in the future.
Although Snowden has been wandering around over the years, he has not missed anything he should do. We get married and have children, and make money by writing books and speaking. The report shows that as of 2020, Snowden had received a speech fee of US$1.2 million, and the price of each speech was basically above US$10,000.
Russian President Putin
In comparison, Assange, who exposed American war crimes, is not so lucky. Assange is the founder of the WikiLeaks website, which exposed the crimes committed by the United States in Afghanistan War and Iraq War in 2010. When someone was in the UK, the United States immediately demanded that Britain extradition Assange.
In desperation, Assange had no choice but to seek asylum from the Ecuadorian Embassy in the UK, and later obtained Ecuadorian nationality. But in 2019, Ecuador still failed to withstand the pressure from the United States and announced that it would no longer provide asylum for Assange, and Assange was arrested by the British police.
Assange
In June this year, the British government agreed to the United States' extradition application for Assange. 's move was subject to a lot of protests, and even Australian Prime Minister Albanys couldn't stand it and called on the US government to stop the pursuit of Assange. Albanis said that it has been more than ten years since this matter, and it is meaningless to continue to entangle, and it is time to end it. But if Albany can't convince the US government, what waits for Assange will be a 175-year prison sentence. Judging from the photos released by the media, after years of escape and prison torture, 51-year-old Assange is now covered in white hair and his face is covered with wind and frost, and he has no longer the style of the past. Some time ago, he was infected with the new coronavirus in prison, and his physical fitness was getting worse every day. Compared with Snowden, he was simply in the sky and in the ground.
Looking back, if Assange had visited the Russian Embassy in the UK back then, would the result become different?
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