As it does in many non-adversarial countries, the surveillance agency is bulk collecting the communications of millions of citizens of Brazil Follow Glenn Greenwald on security and liberty by emailBeta The National Security Administration headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. Whistleblower Edward Snowden worked as a data miner for the NSA in Hawaii. Photograph: Jim Lo […]

Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota is deeply concerned about the scope of a US monitoring programme targeting Brazilians. Whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed top secret US surveillance programmes to alert the public [Reuters] Brazil’s foreign minister has said his government is worried by a report that the United States has collected data on millions of telephone and […]

• XKeyscore gives ‘widest-reaching’ collection of online data • NSA analysts require no prior authorization for searches • Sweeps up emails, social media activity and browsing history • NSA’s XKeyscore program – read one of the presentations One presentation claims the XKeyscore program covers ‘nearly everything a typical user does on the internet’ A top […]

Edward Snowden’s revelations about data surveillance have left German firms feeling acutely vulnerable to industrial espionage. In the medium-sized business sector, which contains a host of world leaders in high-tech fields, the race is on to shield vital know-how. Markus Stäudinger is a cautious person — especially when he’s sitting in front of his computer. […]

The National Security Agency has long been active in Germany, though much of its spying was conducted against the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Today, former listening stations and other facilities dot the German landscape. Tracking down traces of the National Security Agency in Germany isn’t particularly difficult. One merely has to head to […]

Eine Kuppel der ehemaligen Abhörstation der NSA auf dem Teufelsberg in Berlin Der BND und der US-Geheimdienst NSA arbeiten offenbar bereits 20 Jahre bei der Datenspionage zusammen. Einem Medienbericht zufolge wurden entsprechende Spähprogramme schon früher geteilt. Auch Kanzlerin Merkel könnte ausspioniert worden sein. Die Zusammenarbeit des Bundesnachrichtendienstes BND und der amerikanischen National Security Agency (NSA) […]

Im stern packen drei Ex-NSA-Mitarbeiter aus: Der BND nutzte seit Anfang der 90er Jahre ein bislang unbekanntes Spähprogramm. Für die Kanzlerin könnte der Begriff “Ragtime” wichtig werden. Von Katja Gloger “Hallo, Merkel am Apparat.”: Womöglich landen auf den Servern der NSA auch Handydaten der Kanzlerin. Mit dem Programm “Ragtime” spioniert die NSA Kommunikation von Regierungen […]

Eine Chronik der Geheimdienstarbeit: Von Meisterspionin Mata Hari bis zur Cyber-Spionage der NSA Geheimdienste wie NSA, Mossad oder BND scheinen tun zu können, was sie wollen: Überwachen, ausspionieren, töten – ihre Methoden sind dabei nicht immer legal. FOCUS Online zeigt die interessantesten Geheimdienste der Welt, ihre Organisation, ihre Geschichte, ihre Skandale. Die Enthüllungen des ehemaligen […]

Ist der Bundesnachrichtendienst ein Handlanger der US-Geheimdienste? Einem Bericht des “Spiegel” zufolge leiten die deutschen Agenten noch weit mehr Daten an die US-Kollegen weiter als angenommen. Eine Demonstrantin vor dem Gebäude des Bundesnachrichtendienstes Der Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) übermittelt nach einem “Spiegel”-Bericht in großem Umfang Metadaten aus der eigenen Fernmeldeaufklärung an die wegen ihrer Datensammelwut umstrittene US-Behörde […]

More than 20 years after the end of the Cold War, the US still has several military bases in Germany. Experts think that they could play a key role for the NSA’s activities. “German law applies on German soil and anyone operating here needs to adhere to it,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a […]

Die NSA verfügt über Millionen Verbindungsdaten aus Deutschland – nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen übermittelt der Bundesnachrichtendienst viele der Informationen. Auch die technische Kooperation der beiden Geheimdienste ist enger als bislang bekannt. Hamburg – Der Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) übermittelt in großem Umfang Metadaten aus der eigenen Fernmeldeaufklärung an die NSA. Der deutsche Auslandsgeheimdienst geht inzwischen davon aus, dass sich […]

Die NSA soll für ihre Schnüffelei auch Server in Deutschland nutzen. Datenschützer Peter Schaar verlangt darüber Auskunft von den Telekomanbietern. Weil diese schweigen, droht er mit Kontrollbesuchen. “Die Tätigkeit von ausländischen Nachrichtendiensten auf deutschem Boden muss geklärt werden”: Deutschlands oberster Datenschützer Peter Schaar. Die USA halten uns hin, die Bundesregierung weiß angeblich von nichts und […]

Germany has been under surveillance by the United States for decades, and German leaders have been fully aware of it, says historian Josef Foschepoth. The reason? Secret post-war accords. Deutsche Welle: The NSA spy scandal continues to ruffle feathers in Germany, Mr. Foschepoth. As a historian, you say the surveillance has been going on since […]

Is a new building under construction at US Army headquarters in Wiesbaden also designed to house NSA spies? There are rumors, but the army says the facility is strictly for military intelligence units. One of the US Army’s most important facilities in Europe since the end of World War Two is in Wiesbaden, west of […]

Berlin police are investigating whether an artist who projected “United Stasi of America” onto the US embassy in the German capital earlier this week could be charged with a criminal offence. German artist Oliver Bienkowski projected the message, along with a picture of internet tycoon and online activist Kim Dotcom onto the US embassy in […]

Berlin – Er ist bekennender Freimaurer, Sympathisant der Hacker-Gruppe „Anonymous“ – und er hat den Licht-Anschlag auf die US-Botschaft in Berlin für „Kim Dotcom“ verübt. Oliver Bienkowski (31), Chef einer Düsseldorfer Guerilla-Werbeagentur, projizierte den Schriftzug „United Stasi of America“ auf das Botschaftsgebäude. Für die Aktion brauchte er mehrere Wochen Vorbereitung, dazu drei Tage lang in […]

Das Spionagewerkzeug XKeyscore, das NSA und BND einsetzen, hat viele Fans – auch in privaten US-Unternehmen. In Stellenanzeigen suchen die Firmen ganz offen nach Fachleuten für diverse NSA-Programme. Wichtige Einstellungsbedingung: ein bestandener Lügendetektortest. Washington/Fort Meade – Die National Security Agency ist eine gewaltige Behörde. Der “Washington Post” zufolge arbeiten derzeit etwa 33.000 Menschen für den […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly said she knew nothing about American surveillance activities in Germany. But documents seen by SPIEGEL show that German intelligence cooperates closely with the NSA and even uses spy software provided by the US. By SPIEGEL It was a busy two days for the surveillance specialists of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany’s […]

Die Präsidenten der deutschen Geheimdienste haben Vorwürfe dementiert, wonach sie mittels NSA-Spähsoftware im großen Stil Daten gesammelt hätten. Die Software sei nur zu Testzwecken verwendet worden. Hans-Georg Maaßen, der Präsident des Bundesamtes für Verfassungsschutz, gerät nach Enthüllungen über eine in Deutschland verwendete NSA-Spähsoftware zusehends unter Druck Der Präsident des Bundesamtes für Verfassungsschutz (BfV), Hans-Georg Maaßen, […]

Der BND wisse seit Jahren von der nahezu totalen Datenerfassung Der Auslandsgeheimdienst BND und das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz nutzen laut eines Medienberichts eine Spähsoftware des US-amerikanischen Geheimdienstes NSA. Es gilt als eines der ergiebigsten Spionage-Programme und ermöglicht nahezu digitale Totalüberwachung. Was wissen Angela Merkel und ihre Minister in der Abhör-Affäre? Laut einem Bericht des Nachirchtenmagazins […]

The German government Wednesday denied a report claiming that the nation’s military knew for years about the US surveillance programme PRISM revealed by fugitive former intelligence analyst Edward Snowden. Germany’s foreign intelligence service BND said that a separate programme with the same name existed for NATO forces in Afghanistan to share intelligence. The spokesman for […]

Der NSA-Skandal geht in Woche sechs, doch die Aufklärung läuft schleppend. Die Spähaffäre wirft ein Schlaglicht auf das Geflecht von Bundesregierung, Parlament und Agenten-Apparat. Kann man Geheimdienste überhaupt kontrollieren? Berlin – Die Bundesregierung gerät im Skandal um amerikanische Spähaktivitäten zunehmend unter Druck – und zieht sich auf drei Formeln zurück. Erstens: Deutsche und ausländische Nachrichtendienste […]

Noch immer behauptet die Bundesregierung eisern, sie habe von den US-Schnüffelprogrammen erst kürzlich erfahren. Nun wird klar, dass der BND schon vor Jahren gezielt in den USA nach gespeicherten Daten von entführten Deutschen fragte – und sie auch bekam. Berlin – Der Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) hat in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder von der Sammelwut der […]

German authorities insist they knew nothing of the NSA’s Internet spying operations. But SPIEGEL research shows how closely US and German agencies work together. The German opposition is asking uncomfortable questions 11 weeks ahead of a general election. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government faces uncomfortable questions about German involvement in American and British Internet and telephone […]

Too much data surveillance? Not everybody has a sense of irony. Some people simply lack the ability to read between the lines. A funny, ironical remark left online could see the police come knocking at your door. “I’m known for my sense of irony. But even I would not have come to think of putting […]

Wegen eines angekündigten Spaziergangs zum streng geheimen Dagger Complex bekam Daniel Bangert Besuch vom Staatsschutz. Das schreckt ihn nicht ab: Jetzt lädt er zu einer zweiten Erkundungstour nach Griesheim, um “NSA-Spione” zu beobachten. Selten hat ein Spaziergang für so viel Aufsehen gesorgt: Der Griesheimer Daniel Bangert hatte auf Facebook scherzhaft dazu eingeladen, einen Erkundungsgang zum […]

A German man who called on Facebook friends concerned about American secret service operations to join him in a walk around a US army spy centre near his home, found secret service men at his door checking his political leanings. Daniel Bangert, 28, told The Local he had joked about US spies reading what he […]

After revelations about Ben Zygier, ‘Prisoner X No. 2’ blamed for ‘horrible security breach’ For the second time in less than six months, the secret incarceration of a member of the Israeli secret services has been revealed. The new case, which follows that of former Mossad agent Ben Zygier, who hanged himself in the high […]

In Israel, the news that a second prisoner is serving a jail sentence in top-secret conditions has triggered human rights concerns and raised questions about the transparency of the justice system. A prominent Israeli criminal lawyer says the detainee, referred to as Prisoner X2, is a member of the nation’s covert security forces and has […]

Exclusive: McDonald’s sued green activists in long-running David v Goliath legal battle, but police role only now exposed Bob Lambert posed as a radical activist named Bob Robinson. An undercover police officer posing for years as an environmental activist co-wrote a libellous leaflet that was highly critical of McDonald’s, and which led to the longest […]

Former undercover officer Peter Francis says department helped spies by providing false passports in dead children’s names Peter Francis, the former undercover police officer turned whistleblower. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian A second police spy has said the Home Office was aware that undercover police officers stole the identities of dead children to infiltrate […]

Executive Summary History The Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) was an undercover unit formed by the Metropolitan Police’s Special Branch. It operated between 1968 and 2008, during which time it infiltrated and reported on groups concerned in violent protest. Operation Herne Operation Herne (formerly Soisson) was formed in October 2011 in response to allegations made by […]

The identities of 42 dead children whose names were assumed by undercover police officers will not be revealed to their relatives, according to a report. The Metropolitan Police offered a general apology for the “shock and offence” the practice had caused. But Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said revealing the identities used would endanger the officers […]

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe releases report on surveillance used since 1970s but refuses to inform any affected families Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said families of dead children whose identities were used would not be approached, as that could put undercover officers in danger. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Britain’s most senior police officer has offered a general apology for […]

Bob Lambert admits to adopting the identity of a seven-year-old boy and has conceded to having four affairs while undercover Bob Lambert was deployed as an animal rights activist named Bob Robinson in the 1980s. A former police spymaster has claimed the practice of resurrecting the identities of dead children so they could be used […]

Bob Lambert had a five-year covert career using the alias Bob Robinson The married office slept with four women and fathered a child with one Lambert claims that being undercover led to his bad behaviour Back in the day: During a covert career in which he infiltrated various groups, Bob Lambert has spoke of his […]

Investigation into covert policing has found widespread use of the practice. Senior police leaders are set to make an unprecedented national apology after hundreds of names of dead children were used to create false identities for undercover officers. An investigation into covert policing has found widespread use of the practice. Undercover officers told The Times […]

Police chiefs are expected to formally apologise for using the names of dead children to create fake identities for undercover officers. It had been thought that only officers in secret police units such as the Met Police’s Special Demonstration Squad, which was closed in 2008, had adopted dead children’s names as a new identity. But […]

WASHINGTON — Four Central Intelligence Agency officers were embedded with the New York Police Department in the decade after Sept. 11, 2001, including one official who helped conduct surveillance operations in the United States, according to a newly disclosed C.I.A. inspector general’s report. That officer believed there were “no limitations” on his activities, the report […]

The Central Intelligence Agency played an important role in the arrest in 1962 of Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress leader who was jailed for nearly 28 years before his release four months ago, a news report says. The intelligence service, using an agent inside the African National Congress, provided South African security officials with […]