Report: NSA Is Eavesdropping On Hundreds Of Key German Figures

A mobile phone simulating a call to German Chancellor Angela Merkel next to a tablet computer showing the logo of the United Staes' National Security Agency (NSA) is seen in this multiple exposure picture illustration taken in Frankfurt October 28, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach

No Spying On Friends: NSA Bugs Merkel Aides Instead Of Chancellor -- RT

In the wake of President Obama's promise to stop spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the US intelligence has switched its attention to her top government officials, a German newspaper reported.

Washington's relations with Germany were strained last year after revelations that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was conducting mass surveillance in Germany and even tapped the mobile phone of Chancellor Merkel.

Facing the German outrage, President Barack Obama pledged that the US would stop spying on the leader of the European country, which is among the closest and most powerful allies of America.

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More News On Reports That The NSA Is Eavesdropping On Hundreds Of Key German Figures

U.S. now bugging German ministers in place of Merkel: report -- Reuters
NSA moves from bugging German Chancellor to bugging German ministers -- Ars Technica
US eavesdropping on hundreds of key German figures -- AFP
Why NSA Spying On The German Chancellor's Aides Matters -- Seth Millstein, Bustle
The US won’t spy on Angela Merkel—but everyone around her is fair game -- Quartz

My Comment: The NSA is not spying on Merkel .... but they are spying on the people who talk to Merkel. Something tells me that the Germans are going to have a problem in seeing the difference.

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