German Intelligence Spied on BBC, Reuters For Years
SputnikNews.com
25.02.2017
German intelligence has spied on the editorial offices of the mainstream international media for many years, German Spiegel Online magazine reported.
According to the magazine, since 1999 Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has tapped at least 50 telephone numbers, fax and e-mail addresses of international editorial offices according to their so called “Selector Lists.”
Among the objects of surveillance were offices of the BBC broadcasting company in London and in Afghanistan, a bureau of the New York Times in Afghanistan and Reuters’ hubs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria.
BND representatives refused to comment on the issue. But the magazine noted that the actions of German intelligence contradict the principle of non-interference in the work of media in Germany.
“In Germany, journalists enjoy special protection from state interference. They are allowed to have so-called professional secrets, like medical workers or lawyers. For example, they have the right to refuse to give evidence in court to protect their sources,” the magazine wrote.
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