'Fairview': Latest Snowden Doc Shows NSA Spied on German Intelligence

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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/new-snowden-document-reveals-us-spied-on-german-intelligence-a-1055055.html



Fresh insight into the trove of documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed that US spies intercepted sensitive communications between Germany's security agencies during a kidnapping in Yemen.

'Fairview': Latest Snowden Doc Shows NSA Spied on German Intelligence
By Matthias Gebauer, Henrik Moltke and Michael Sontheimer
September 29, 2015 – 03:08 PM

The kidnappers came in an SUV. Not far from the northern Yemeni city of Saada, they ambushed a party of picnickers and captured a German married couple, their three children and four others. That was on June 12, 2009.

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At the time, German government officials were not the only ones interested in the case. New documents from the archive of the former American intelligence employee Edward Snowden, which have been viewed by SPIEGEL, contain evidence that the National Security Agency (NSA) snooped on German agencies' communications concerning the kidnapping. The eavesdropping went all the way up to the BND and provided the Americans with insight into the findings of the German intelligence apparatus.

The NSA intercepted internal German communications about the delicate incident in Yemen at least twice. In a list of reports from wiretapped telephone conversations and emails, NSA analysts marked a section of text with the keywords "Germany-Yemen/hostages." The text read: "German BKA reports Western hostages in Yemen are alive, Yemeni officials delay releasing information, 12 July 2009."

Three days later, the Americans apparently intercepted even more sensitive communications from the Germans. In their list, they noted: "Intelligence: Discussions regarding German hostages in Yemen reach important phase, 15 July 2009 BND report."

[DetlefK]

1. The attorney-general of the EU supreme court released a legal opinion two weeks ago:

Due to their drag-net activity, the US cannot be classified as a trustworthy party in terms of internet-security. The US is therefore not qualified for a renewal of the "safe harbour"-treaty that allows storage of european internet-data on US-servers.