Germany was one of several European countries expressing outrage over the NSA surveillance of their diplomats under certain circumstances. Now it turns out according to German newspaper Bild, the government has known about the capability for years and has actually used the apparatus to collect information about German citizens. Apparently, according to the newspaper the BND, Germany’s intelligence agency asked NSA for email and telephone records of German citizens kidnapped in Yemen and Afghanistan.

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