German Spy Chief Admits NSA Was Allowed to Ride Roughshod for Years

Friday, May 22, 2015
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
22.05.2015

BND Chief Gerhard Schindler told a parliamentary enquiry on Thursday that Germany’s dependence on the NSA led to a series of errors on the part of the BND, allowing the NSA to spy on European officials and commercial organizations.

The head of the German Federal Intelligence Service [BND] told an investigative committee of the Bundestag that the agency allowed the NSA to gain access to sensitive information unchecked for years, but defended the cooperation with the US spy agency, saying that “we need the cooperation with the US.”

The inquiry was launched after it emerged in mid-April that Germany’s foreign intelligence service BND had assisted NSA in spying on high-ranking European officials and corporations.

“The review of the selectors [search items requested by the NSA] was incomplete from the outset,” said the spy chief of the collaboration between the NSA and BND, which began in 2005.

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