Germany Suspends Listening Agreements with the US and the UK

[Catherina]

(Translation mine)

Germany Suspends Listening Agreements with the US and the UK



Amidst the massive spying scandal Internet by U.S. agencies, Germany has suspended interception and monitoring agreements with U.S. and the UK that allowed them to partially monitor data on its territory.

"The cancellation of the administrative arrangements in which we have insisted in recent weeks is a necessary and appropriate (action) in the context of recent discussions on the protection of privacy," said Foreign Minister of Germany, Guido Westerwelle.

This concerns the administrative agreements signed in 1968 and 1969 as an annex to the German law on the limitation of the confidentiality of correspondence, communication and postal, telephone, telegraph and other telecommunications (the so-called law G10).

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German authorities claim that these agreements have never been used since the reunification of Germany in 1990. However, after the scandalous revelations of former CIA agent Edward Snowden, some experts have expressed doubts.

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http://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/view/101903-alemania-suspender-acuerdos-escuchas-eeuu

[dipsydoodle]

1. Covering their backs

because they've got Federal elections next month and a substantial number of Germans do not appreciate Ministerium für Staatssicherheit 2.

Good news anyway.

[xchrom]

2. Du rec. Nt

[dipsydoodle]

4. Kick for attention.

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