In fact, Europeans have raised serious questions about US intelligence practices. These range from the lack of professionalism implied by allowing contractors to conduct such sensitive work to America’s hands-off approach toward certain allies, like the United Kingdom and New Zealand, while relegating many of its other allies – including most of the European Union – to surveillance-worthy status.
事实上，欧洲就美国情报行为提出过严重质疑，包括让合同工从事如此敏感的工作所体现的不专业性、对某些盟友（如英国和新西兰）采取不干涉方针而将其他盟友（包括大部分欧盟国家）降格为有必要监视的国家，等等。