In the late 1990, Switzerland was under pressure due to Holocaust money still residing in Swiss bank accounts. A hitherto unknown memo now indicates that US intelligence services were listening into the communication between the Swiss government and top diplomats during the peak of the crisis. Adrian Hänni analyzes the case for Swiss television channel SRF 1 and speaks on the role of surveillance during international negotiations.
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