> The goal here is that German citizen isn't spied on by the US government because
... and what they actually achieve is that german citizens are spied on by the BND, which forwards everything to the NSA.
And no, you have no democratic control over this in Germany because the german government is a corrupt bunch of liars too. At every Snowden leak regarding the BND/NSA cooperation, they changed their fairy tales a little bit.
... and what they actually achieve is that german citizens are spied on by the BND, which forwards everything to the NSA.
And no, you have no democratic control over this in Germany because the german government is a corrupt bunch of liars too. At every Snowden leak regarding the BND/NSA cooperation, they changed their fairy tales a little bit.