U.S. taps half-billion German phone, internet links in month: report [View all]

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Source: Reuters


The document Spiegel cited showed that the United States categorized Germany as a "third-class" partner and that surveillance there was stronger than in any other EU country, similar in extent to China, Iraq or Saudi-Arabia.

"We can attack the signals of most foreign third-class partners, and we do it too," Der Spiegel quoted a passage in the NSA document as saying.

It said the document showed that the NSA monitored phone calls, text messages, emails and internet chat contributions and has saved the metadata - that is, the connections, not the content - at its headquarters.

On an average day, the NSA monitored about 20 million German phone connections and 10 million internet data sets, rising to 60 million phone connections on busy days, the report said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/30/us-usa-germany-spying-idUSBRE95T04B20130630

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Spiegel is at it again - I bet their next issue (tomorrow, it's a weekly magazine) will be a bestseller in Germany.

most foreign third-class partners...delicious...