> The necessary equipment is usually installed on the upper floors of the embassy buildings or on rooftops where the technology is covered with screens or Potemkin-like structures that protect it from prying eyes.<p>Put a giant faraday cage around the US embassy. Won't stop everything, they're probably tunneled out into Berlin's telecom cables, but it would hinder cell and satellite.<p>Oh, you need access to <i>American</i> satellites from the US embassy? You'll have to earn your privileges back.