BND

Also Ashton is the object of the BND-craving?

According to “mirror” the Federal intelligence service, the former EU foreign policy chief bugged. An electronic eavesdropping on US Secretary of state Kerry on the other hand was not so successful. Here came the BND to “professional” boundaries.

The Federal intelligence service (BND) has information of the news magazine “Der Spiegel” more high-ranking politicians enable others to access than previously known. So have the German Auslandsgeheimdienst of 2009 over several years, the British politician Catherine Ashton intercepted, reported the magazine, citing Regierungskreise. At that time it was Ashton, High representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and security policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.

Mid-October was has become known that the BND for years, not only terms of the US-secret service NSA in its collection systems and fed, but also with their own so-called selectors European and American targets spied on had.

According to the “mirror” had the Federal intelligence service 2013 also the mobile phone number from US Secretary of state John Kerry in the collection. However, I direct listen not brought results: A BND employee had allegedly, instead of the country code, the United States accidentally the one African country entered. Enable others to access, it had been Kerry, but still – on other ports, such as the U.S. Department of state.

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