EU Diplomats Given Burner Phones For DC Meetings

The Daily Beast reports:

U.S.-bound European Union executives will be given burner phones and laptops to mitigate the risk of espionage, a strategy usually reserved for officials headed to China and Eastern Europe.

Ahead of important annual meetings next week in Washington, D.C., there is real fear that the U.S. government could infiltrate European Commission devices, according to sources who spoke anonymously to the Financial Times.

“They are worried about the U.S. getting into the commission systems,” one official told the newspaper. The European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union, which President Donald Trump has butted heads with over tariffs.

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The EU is issuing burner phones to its US-bound staff in fears of espionage.

Yes, you read this correctly — we’re talking about EU staff heading to the US, not to China.

We’re truly moving towards a new international order. pic.twitter.com/RhQvHqlrSl

— Jostein Hauge (@haugejostein) April 14, 2025