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EU: DATA SURVEILLANCE: Cyprus: Isle of spies

"which is home to one of the main listening posts maintained by the British signals intelligence agency, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). It has now emerged that a UK military base on the island is the
"which is home to one of the main listening posts maintained by the British signals intelligence agency, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). It has now emerged that a UK military base on the island is the
“which is home to one of the main listening posts maintained by the British signals intelligence agency, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). It has now emerged that a UK military base on the island is the “foreign station” codenamed “Sounder”.” See the article: Cyprus: Isle of spies (Presseurop, link) And see: Et Tu, UK? Anger Grows over British Spying in Berlin: First it was the US — and now it turns out the UK might have been spying from its embassy in Berlin, too. Officials at Germany’s Foreign Ministry responded Tuesday by inviting Britain’s ambassador for a lecture (Spiegel Online, link) Background: Revealed: Britain’s ‘secret listening post in the heart of Berlin’ – Claims that GCHQ has maintained spying operations even after US pulled out (Independent, link)