The German secret service must explain why it handed over metadata to the NSA, a minister has said. Germany’s government claimed it was ignorant of the activity of the secret service, which was described as being “in bed with the US” by Edward Snowden.
German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger used a newspaper interview as a platform to demand answers from the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND).
"If it is true that the BND made itself available as a tool for the NSA in the mass gathering of data, than something urgently needs to be done,” she said in an interview in Monday’s edition of the Münchner Merkur newspaper. She added the BND must finally put the facts on the table regarding its collaboration with the American National Security Agency.
The BND confirmed the reports leaked by former CIA worker Edward Snowden regarding the sharing of data with the NSA on Saturday. Snowden leaked information to German publication Der Spiegel that the NSA had received 500 pieces of data from the BND in December of last year alone.
The BND reportedly also made use of the NSA’s XKeyScore program, which was installed to“expand their ability to support NSA as we jointly prosecute CT (counterterrorism) targets.”
A spokesperson from the BND told DPA news agency that all the activities carried out were in compliance of German law. He also claimed that all personal information was filtered out of the data packages handed over to the US to protect the anonymity of citizens. Media agencies
"If it is true that the BND made itself available as a tool for the NSA in the mass gathering of data, than something urgently needs to be done,” she said in an interview in Monday’s edition of the Münchner Merkur newspaper. She added the BND must finally put the facts on the table regarding its collaboration with the American National Security Agency.
The BND confirmed the reports leaked by former CIA worker Edward Snowden regarding the sharing of data with the NSA on Saturday. Snowden leaked information to German publication Der Spiegel that the NSA had received 500 pieces of data from the BND in December of last year alone.
The BND reportedly also made use of the NSA’s XKeyScore program, which was installed to“expand their ability to support NSA as we jointly prosecute CT (counterterrorism) targets.”
A spokesperson from the BND told DPA news agency that all the activities carried out were in compliance of German law. He also claimed that all personal information was filtered out of the data packages handed over to the US to protect the anonymity of citizens. Media agencies
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