The U.S. NSA leads, according to a report in the magazine “Der Spiegel” Germany and the EU internal expressly as espionage targets. This was clear from a secret list of intelligence priorities from the inventory of Edward Snowden forth. Thus, Germany is ranked on a scale from 1 (highest interest) to 5 (lowest interest) in the middle, about on a par with France and Japan, but ahead of Italy and Spain. Among the top destinations therefore include China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, North Korea and Afghanistan.
Nevertheless, are the Federal Intelligence Service claims to be for years mobile phone numbers of suspected terrorists to the U.S. more, but denies a possible aid to targeted killings by U.S. drones. In addition, the transfer of mobile numbers terror suspects to foreign intelligence was lawful, and since about 2003/2004 practice. The transmission of mobile numbers to unnamed partner services successes on the basis of the BND-law. The disclosure of the data would be subject to the condition that would not be tortured on their basis or was to be a death sentence. The data would not be disclosed, according to a spokesman, if the “legitimate interests of the / of the person concerned outweigh the public interest in the transmission.” On Friday, the BND position on the use of XKeyScore had taken [1]The Federal Intelligence Service (BND) argues that the forwarded data -. Approximately the GSM mobile number – “for an accurate localization is not suitable “were. Experts suggest, however, that such data in the use of combat drones for example in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Somalia can be used for targeted killing entirely. If data were collected over a longer period, they are useful to locate people, said the Hamburg computer science professor Hannes Federrath the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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