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The U-S spying scandal continues to cause outrage among Washington\'s allies. Now, Madrid has opened a preliminary inquiry into allegations the U-S spied on Spanish citizens. The prosecutor\'s office will investigate whether a crime was committed and if Spain should consider opening a formal investigation. The announcement comes a day after Spanish media published documents revealing that the U-S National Security Agency monitored over 60 million phone calls in the country within one month. Spain has warned that mutual trust between Madrid and Washington could be damaged if the allegations prove to be true. Spain is among several other countries who\'ve summoned U-S ambassadors to demand an explanation. European countries have also announced they will send a nine-member delegation to Washington to seek answers regarding the N-S-A\'s spying activities against European citizens and officials.

[25 Mar 2015] WSJ: Israel spied on Iran nuclear talks involving US - English

The US spying scandal has spread in scope and geography: The latest: The US National Security Agency has spied on Germans, including Chancellor Angela Merkel. Add to that, French diplomats in Washington and at the UN, not to mention Italy, Brazil, Mexico, and of course, the US itself. All based on leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, through Glen Greenwald, the outgoing Guardian journalist, who is feeding the material from Brazil. In this debate, we will discuss what the repercussions of this US spying on its allies would be, and try to get to the bottom of how vast this spying has been, and whether the countries involved will do anything about it.

A top Hollywood producer says he\'s been spying for Israel\'s nuclear weapons program through a worldwide network of companies. Arnon Milchan revealed in an interview how he helped Tel Aviv purchase technologies it needed to operate nuclear bombs. He confirmed that he\'s performed dozens of clandestine missions for Israel. Milchan, who\'s produced more than 120 films, says he\'s been running 30 companies in more than 17 countries on behalf of Israel. The 68-year-old director added that he was recruited by Israel\'s President, Shimon Peres in the 19-60s. Israel is widely believed to be the sole possessor of nuclear arms in the Middle East.

Imagine if you\\\'re not connected to the internet, yet your computer is still vulnerable in being spied on: That is the latest leak by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden: that the US National Security Agency (NSA) used secret technology to spy on computers that were not even connected to the internet. In this edition of the debate, we\\\'ll discuss how this takes spying on ordinary citizens to a whole new level, even though NSA claims targets included the Chinese and Russian military as well as drug cartels. We\\\'ll also further disclose how this violates privacy laws, not to mention the US constitution.

[News Clip] LEAKED: NSA Spied on Muslim Americans - English

The FDA spied on its own scientists who were preparing to blow the whistle on the agency's failure to warn the public about the dangers from cancer scanners that had FDA approval The FDA tried to criminally prosecute these scientists

German news magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday that the US National Security Agency (NSA), bugged offices and spied on EU internal computer networks in Washington, New York and Brussels

Documents previously provided by Edward Snowden show that Microsoft has worked closely with the NSA and FBI to make sure that everyone using its systems can be spied upon

The latest victim of Washington\'s spying scandal is Italy. Reports say America\'s spying agency snooped on everyday communications of Italians since 2010. The Italian spy watchdog called COPA-SIR recently learned that Italians too were under large scale monitoring by the US. Several Italian MPs have gone to Washington over the recent revelations. This comes as Mexican President Peno Nieto orders a probe into claims that the U-S spying agency hacked his and former President Felipe Calderon\'s emails. The allegations that Calderon was spied on from May 2010 were reported by German newspaper Der-Spiegel. The row coincides with reports that the NSA monitored millions of phone calls in France. The French government has called on the US to stop snooping on its citizens.

Germany chancellor has called the U-S president to demand immediate clarification on reports that the U-S spied on her. The German government spokesman says Angela Merkel had made clear to Barack Obama that if the information proves to be true, it would be completely unacceptable and represents a grave breach of trust. This, after Germany said it had received info that the U-S is spying on Merkel\'s cell phone communications. But the White House says Obama has assured Merkel that her phone is not being monitored. The U-S spying scandal is taking center stage after fugitive American whistle-blower Edward Snowden revealed the details of the program. Washington\'s espionage scandal has already caused outrage among Italian, French, Mexican and Brazilian officials.

E-U leaders meeting in Brussels say the fallout of the U-S spying scandal could harm the fight against terrorism. In a statement, the leaders also said a lack of trust between the United States and European Union countries could undermine cooperation in intelligence gathering. The remarks come following revelations that the U-S National Security Agency has spied on European citizens and German Chancellor Angela Merkel\'s cell phone. The latest revelations drew condemnation from European leaders at a meeting in Brussels.