“In 2010 the NSA monitored the internal computer network of France’s diplomats and that of the ministry itself by accessing so-called virtual private networks (VPN), a tool that generally offers a secure internet connection to users. The ‘top secret’ NSA document said French diplomatic offices in New York and Washington had bugs installed on the premises and that screenshots were taken from computer monitors in United Nations offices. Qatari-funded broadcaster Al-Jazeera was another NSA target, the magazine said, with its internal communications system successfully hacked due to its ‘high potential as sources of intelligence,’ according to a March 2006 NSA document.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/01/new-leak-nsa-spied-on-french-diplomats-and-al-jazeera/