EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones over spying fears

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The European Commission issues burning phones and main laptops to some US employees to avoid spying risk, traditionally reserved.

Next week, the commissions and IMFs, which are heading to the IMF and the World Bank’s spring meetings, have been issued a new leadership, according to four people familiar with the situation.

They said that funds are copying funds used to Ukraine and China, where the standard IT collection cannot bring countries to fear Russian or Chinese control.

“They are worried about joining the US Commission’s systems,” said an official.

Treatment: America As a potential security risk assumptions of how the relationship worsened in January since the return of Donald Trump.

Trump accused the EU “screw the United States” and announced 20% of the alliance’s exports, so-called mutual tariffs, which were later halved for a 90-day period.

At the same time, he bypassed Russia, he put pressure on Ukraine to hand over control over his assets to temporarily suspend military assistance.

“The Andatlantic alliance is over,” said the Fifth EU official.

The White House and the US National Security Council have not immediately responded to comment requests.

Brussels and Washington are closed in a number of areas sensitive negotiations, where it will prepare it on both sides to collect information about the other.

EU Commissioner Morosh Shief Krovich is negotiating in Washington in Washington on Monday in Washington to resolve the trade war through his efforts.

The EU has postponed its response to 21 billion euros in US exports, which was approved by steel and aluminum tariffs.

The United States has also attacked the settlement of its EU technology companies and claims that Brussels has a great speech and falsifies the elections, such as the controversial exclusion of the candidate for support from the Internet accounts.

Three commissioners travel to Washington for the World Bank meetings on April 21-26. Valdis Dombrovskis, Economy Commissioner. Maria Luís Albuquerque, manager of financial services; and Joseph Sustain who runs development support.

Is commission It confirmed that the Security Council recently updated, but refused to comment on the features. It says that the Diplomatic Service of the Alliance has been involved, as it is regularly in these security updates.

Officials said the guide to all the staff traveling to the United States, which should turn off the phones on the border and do not comply with them if they remain unnoticed.

There is an additional risk with the United States where the border staff has the right to attract visitors’ phones and computers and check their content.

Tourists and visiting academics from Europe have refused to enter the country, the comments or documents of social media, which criticize the policy of the Trump administration on their phones or laptops.

In March, the French government stated that the French researcher was rejected and sent to France, as he expressed a “personal opinion” about the US research policy.

Commission officials have been told that their visas are visas in their diplomatic “laissez-passer”, not their national passports.

Additional report by Stef Chavez in Washington