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• "the documents described the - JSA - between the NSA !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and the BND - as a strategic cooperation initiative !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "( Dirnsa's dictum had been - made foreign partners more capable - also made NSA more capable ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

• "NSA personnel assigned to JSA - were teaching their BND counterparts !"

 

 

 

 

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• "new tools and techniques - in signals and protocol analysis !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "training had being conducted - in the course of executing - tasked mission !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "NSA technical experts - interacted daily - with BND counterparts !"

 

 

 

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• "coordinated policy - conducted technical exchanges - and cooperated in SIGINT !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the reasons for the Spiegel - for posting the documents !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "we all - as society - have to guard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "against some possibilities - of an intelligence agency !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "as former NSA head Kenneth Minihan - once claimed !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it had been - information - and a political instrument !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "not just heads of government - but citizens !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "then it would not be - just an intelligence agency !"

 

 

 

 

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• "but something - else ! - ( with a kind of interest - also economic ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the society - needs to ensure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to control - the intelligence agencies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there needs to be - borders - which are not crossed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "an intelligence agency - must not know - and can not know !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "what is right - and good - for the whole society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memorandum of Agreement - Spiegel online: LINK ¤ SPIEGEL ONLINE

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• "in testimony - before the NSA investigation committee - in the Bundestag - Germany's Parliament !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "constitutional law experts Hans-Jürgen Papier - Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem - and Matthias Bäcker stated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that the BND - potentially violated - the German constitution !"

 

 

 

 

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• "worked with data - from the NSA !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "basic constitutional rights such as the - privacy of correspondence !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "post and telecommunications - apply to Germans abroad - and to foreigners in Germany !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that means that general surveillance - is constitutionally unacceptable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there had been a contract - between Germany - and the US - in Bad Aibling !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the "memorandum of agreement" - was six pages long and marked - "top secret"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "much of the document consisted of - broad declarations of "good cooperation"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "but the important points could be found - in the 74-page appendix !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but even in this memorandum - it was in the small print - the addenda and exceptions !"

 

 

 

 

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• "should it become clear - that intercepted information - originated from a German citizen !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it could still be used - as long as the partner agency - was informed and agreed !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the same was true in cases - where the end point - of communications !"

 

 

 

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• "was located in a - foreign country !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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