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Protest Action in Darmstadt: Drone Drops Leaflets Over NSA Complex

Accepted submission by Phoenix666 at 2015-10-05 14:01:06
Digital Liberty

[translation mine] A group of activists has flown a drone over a US base [spiegel.de].

Instead of bombs the aircraft dropped leaflets - with the appeal to the soldiers and spies to quit the Service. The paper-stuffed mini-drone was launched over the "Dagger Complex" at Darmstadt by the Berlin-based Peng Collective last Friday. It was the highest point so far in the "Intelexit" campaign, wherein the activists want to motivate spies to resign.

The huge military base in the Darmstadt suburb Griesheim was chosen because the "Dagger Complex" is the largest and most important branch of the US spy agency NSA in Europe. Among other things, the "European Cryptologic Center" is housed there. "Germany is watching these activities without doing anything and is avoiding responsibility," said Peng representative Sascha Fugel. "We know that some of the participants at the US base are wrestling with their consciences."


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