Al Jazeera’s newsroom in Doha, Qatar.
The US National Security Agency spied on Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera, according to documents “seen by SPIEGEL,” the German news agency today reports. “The US intelligence agency hacked into protected communication, a feat that was considered a particular success.”
In addition to cracking the airline reservation services for Russian airline Aeroflot, accessing “Al Jazeera broadcasting internal communication” was listed as a “notable success,” the document shows. The NSA said these selected targets had “high potential as sources of intelligence.”