US Bugging Europe?

How strange this all is. There are 300 articles indexed on Google News. That is not alot! On an average big story, after a day you'll see 1500-2000. On a REALLY Big story you'll see over 10,000. This is a REALLY Big story. The New York Times takes most of a day before it has one stinking article on a REALLY Big story? Wtf?  Not one of the 300 articles that are out there appears to add to the initial claims, no confirmations certainly--but no denials, official or unofficial, either. Strange, strange, strange.