Berlin - The German magazine Der Spiegel says the British
intelligence agency GCHQ monitors bookings of at least 350 luxury hotels around
the world to automatically track foreign diplomats and government officials who
might be staying there.
The magazine cites documents provided by NSA leaker Edward
Snowden that showed GCHQ began its “Royal Concierge” program more than three
years ago.
It says knowledge of where diplomats will stay allows GCHQ
to prepare eavesdropping measures on what the agency terms “governmental hard
targets.” Plans to extend the system to cover car rentals also are mentioned.
Der Spiegel has repeatedly reported from Snowden’s trove of
NSA documents, and the article published Sunday was co-written by his confidante
Laura Poitras.
GCHQ declined to comment on the report.
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