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Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s office said it was preparing to bring charges against British and US intelligence today amid fresh allegations
that the services spied far more extensively than thought on German
phone and internet traffic and bugged European Union offices in
America.A report alleging a major and continuous US National Security Agency spying operation in Germany was published by Der Spiegel
magazine today, prompting outrage from Berlin MPs still reeling from
reports about extensive British surveillance in their country. The
German Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenburger, demanded an
immediate explanation and said the behaviour of the intelligence
services was “reminiscent of the actions against enemies during the Cold
War”. “It defies belief that our friends in the US see the Europeans as
their enemies,” she said.The leak, which Der Spiegel said came from fugitive ex-CIA analyst Edward Snowden, claimed that the
NSA tapped into half a billion German phone calls, emails and SMS
messages each month. Reports last week revealed extensive tapping of
German phone and internet traffic by British intelligence under its
so-called Tempora programme. The information was said to be shared with
the NSA. Read Full Story
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