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Senior German intelligence officials met with their NSA and CIA counterparts in the US last week to start trust-rebuilding efforts between the estranged allies. While a "no-spy" agreement seems unlikely, Merkel might learn what Snowden could still reveal.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/us-declines-no-spy-pact-with-germany-but-might-reveal-snowden-secrets-a-933006.html



NSA Scandal Warning: Are US Facilities in Germany at Greater Risk?

Germany s domestic intelligence agency has warned American sites in the country could be at risk of attack from people angry about the NSA spying scandal. The message has worried officials in Rhineland-Palatinate, where the Ramstein air base is located.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-warns-of-possible-threat-to-us-facilities-in-spying-scandal-a-932928.html



CIA s Financial Spying Bags Data on Americans

By Siobhan Gorman, Devlin Barrett and Jennifer Valentino-Devries

The Central Intelligence Agency is building a vast database of international money transfers that includes millions of Americans' financial and personal data, officials familiar with the program say.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36868.htm



Merkel compared NSA to Stasi in heated encounter with Obama

German chancellor furious after revelations US intelligence agency listend in on her personal mobile phone.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/17/merkel-compares-nsa-stasi-obama



NSA spied on Germany s Schroeder over Iraq War opposition

The paper added that NSA spying involved not only the detection of connection data, but also written and spoken communications.

http://rt.com/news/nsa-spied-schroeder-iraq-648/


From Information Clearing House



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