It was revealed recently that the National Security Agency secretly monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone and has also used the American Embassy in Berlin as a surveillance station, according to German media Spiegel.<br />The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the U.S. is tapping telephones and monitoring communications networks from surveillance facilities in US embassies and consulates across east and south-east Asia, including Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Yangon, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei.
