Posted on May 31, 2021
US spied on Angela Merkel and other European leaders with Danish secret service help, says report...
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The US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on European politicians, including German chancellor Angela Merkel, with the help of Denmark’s secret service, according to Danish media reports.
The findings are part of an internal investigation by the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE) from 2012 to 2014 into the NSA’s role in a partnership with the intelligence unit, according to Reuters.
The investigation was codenamed "Operation Dunhammer" and a report on it was presented to the FE’s management in 2015.
The findings are part of an internal investigation by the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE) from 2012 to 2014 into the NSA’s role in a partnership with the intelligence unit, according to Reuters.
The investigation was codenamed "Operation Dunhammer" and a report on it was presented to the FE’s management in 2015.
US spied on Angela Merkel and other European leaders with Danish secret service help, says report...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
The information in the report was shared with European news agencies by nine unnamed sources with access to the investigation. Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) released the information in collaboration with Swedish broadcaster SVT, Norway's NRK, Germany's NDR, WDR and Suddeutsche Zeitung, and France's newspaper Le Monde.
The investigation showed that the NSA used Danish information cables to spy on high-ranking officials from Germany, France, Sweden and Norway, reports said.
Apart from Ms Merkel, former German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and former German opposition leader Peer Steinbrück were also targeted.
The Danish government reportedly knew of the collaboration between the US and its secret service by 2015. The government began collecting information on the FE's cooperation with the NSA after disclosures by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013, according to the NDR report.
It was clear from the gathered information that the FE had helped the NSA in spying on European leaders and also in spying operations against the US government itself, it said.
The information in the report was shared with European news agencies by nine unnamed sources with access to the investigation. Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) released the information in collaboration with Swedish broadcaster SVT, Norway's NRK, Germany's NDR, WDR and Suddeutsche Zeitung, and France's newspaper Le Monde.
The investigation showed that the NSA used Danish information cables to spy on high-ranking officials from Germany, France, Sweden and Norway, reports said.
Apart from Ms Merkel, former German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and former German opposition leader Peer Steinbrück were also targeted.
The Danish government reportedly knew of the collaboration between the US and its secret service by 2015. The government began collecting information on the FE's cooperation with the NSA after disclosures by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013, according to the NDR report.
It was clear from the gathered information that the FE had helped the NSA in spying on European leaders and also in spying operations against the US government itself, it said.
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I swear to all that is divine - Have some of you folks just opened your eyes??? Like seriously, what rocks have you been hiding under??? Everyone spies on everyone - we do it, they do it, the whole damn world does it. This is nothing new.
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