BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union said on Monday it had ordered a security sweep of EU buildings after reports that a U.S. spy agency had bugged EU offices in Belgium and the United States.
Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the EU's executive Commission, "has instructed the competent Commission services to proceed to a comprehensive ... security sweep and check," Commission spokeswoman Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen told reporters.
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