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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
given the close ties between the German BND and the NSA, it is hard to believe the Germans themselves did not know the Chancellor's communications were being monitored.
sooooooo..do we now need someone to apologise on behalf of Germany?  |
Nein!
You're looking at it from the wrong angle: according to our glorious rulers it's ok to spy on their citizens, but not on them.
I wrote something about this in the other thread:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...9&postcount=25
Afaik Merkel's cell was spied upon with the help of an IMSI catcher, not really a brand new thing, used by German police authorities since many years, especially at demonstrations. That the BND didn't catch the surveillance of Merkel's phone, is just their typical incompetence.