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Germany Beefing Up Spy Defense Against Allies

posted by Dopefish on Sunday February 16 2014, @09:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-cold-war-has-started-again dept.

Gaaark writes:

"Germany plans to beef up its counterintelligence tactics against allied countries in response to revelations of widespread US spying, Der Spiegel magazine reported Sunday.

In the wake of the leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the German government is considering deploying its own agents to keep tabs on Western secret services and embassies on German soil, including those of the United States and Britain.

They'll deploy two spies, and they'll deploy two spies, and so on, and so on... Read about it here, at Security Week"

 
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by crutchy on Monday February 17 2014, @07:49AM

    by crutchy (179) on Monday February 17 2014, @07:49AM (#486) Homepage Journal

    kinda seems odd that a country would need to protect itself from its allies... "allies"... "all lies"... hmm

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