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.
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.