Securing diplomacy through the courts

The EU cannot just move on and hope the furore over Snowden’s allegations will die down, it must uphold the law, writes John Bruton.

THE recent revelations by the former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden suggest, among other things, that surveillance devices were placed by the US National Security Agency (NSA) in the EU’s mission in Washington, DC.

Many Europeans, including me, find it difficult to understand why the debate about Snowden in the US has devoted so little attention to discovering whether his allegations are true, and, if they are, what that means for international law, US diplomacy, and America’s national security.