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Julian Assange: British police end round-the-clock guard …

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British police say they will no longer stand guard outside London's Ecuadorian embassy where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took refuge in 2012.

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said it had "withdrawn the physical presence of officers from outside the embassy" but would strengthen a "covert plan" to prevent his departure.

"The operation to arrest Julian Assange does however continue and should he leave the embassy the MPS will make every effort to arrest him," it said.

"Whilst no tactics guarantee success in the event of Julian Assange leaving the embassy, the MPS will deploy a number of overt and covert tactics to arrest him."

A significant amount of time has passed since Julian Assange entered the embassy [and] there is no imminent prospect of a diplomatic or legal resolution to this issue.

Metropolitan Police Service

Swedish prosecutors want to question Mr Assange about a rape claim, which carries a 10-year statute of limitations that expires in 2020.

Mr Assange, who faces arrest if he tries to leave the embassy, denies the allegation and insists the sexual encounter was consensual.

The Foreign Office said the head of the diplomatic service, Simon McDonald, had summoned Ecuadorean ambassador Carlos Abad Ortiz to insist on a resolution to the impasse.

"The UK has been absolutely clear since June 2012 that we have a legal obligation to extradite Assange to Sweden," the ministry statement said.

"That obligation remains today."

The 24-hour guard outside the embassy in central London has cost taxpayers more than 10 million pounds ($20.8 million), the source of much criticism in austerity-hit Britain.

"Like all public services, MPS resources are finite. With so many different criminal, and other, threats to the city it protects, the current deployment of officers is no longer believed proportionate," police said.

"A significant amount of time has passed since Julian Assange entered the embassy, and despite the efforts of many people there is no imminent prospect of a diplomatic or legal resolution to this issue."

The 44-year-old Australian also fears that if he leaves he could eventually face extradition to the United States and a trial over the leak of hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010.

Swedish officials said in August that they hoped to reach a judicial cooperation deal with Ecuador by year's end that would pave the way for prosecutors to question Mr Assange.

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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders call for Edward Snowden …

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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sparred over Edward Snowden during Tuesdays Democratic presidential debate with both calling for him to face trial, but with the Vermont senator saying he thought the NSA whistleblower had played a very important role in educating the American people.

Related: 'I am still standing': Hillary Clinton rises above the Sanders revolution at debate

Clinton was unmoved by public approbation for Snowden, who exposed the depths of US and UK surveillance to media including the Guardian in 2013.

He broke the laws of the United States, she said. He could have been a whistleblower, he could have gotten all the protections of a whistleblower. He chose not to do that. He stole very important information that has fallen into the wrong hands so I think he should not be brought home without facing the music.

Snowden has said he did not believe he was granted adequate protection from reprisal under whistleblower laws. Laws protecting whistleblowers in intelligence agencies are written differently from laws protecting others who oppose their employers including in the government on grounds of conscience, and are generally considered comparatively weak.

Sanders Clintons main challenger for the Democratic nomination was more lenient. I think Snowden played a very important role in educating the American public, the Vermont senator said. He, too, said that Snowden had broken the law and suggested that he ought to be tried. I think there should be a penalty to that, he said. But I think that education should be taken into consideration before the sentencing.

Jim Webb, the Virginia senator and former secretary of the navy, said the decision should be left to the courts, and Martin OMalley, the former Maryland governor, agreed with Clinton. Lincoln Chafee, the former Rhode Island governor, was the only candidate to say he would bring Snowden back to the US as a hero; that answer drew a positive response online.

Clintons claim that the information Snowden made public has fallen into the wrong hands could be reference to a disputed Times of London story that the leak exposed undercover agents. It could also refer to Snowdens own admission that inadequate redaction of classified images he supplied to the New York Times was a fuck-up.

Ewen MacAskill, the Pulitzer prize-winning Guardian journalist who worked on the Snowden story, has pointed out that no evidence has ever been put forward suggesting that the Snowden documents were hacked or that Snowden himself handed the material to any person or agency other than reputable news outlets.

Related: Bernie Sanders to Clinton: people 'are sick of hearing about your damn emails'

When moderator Anderson Cooper asked Clinton whether she regretted voting for the Patriot Act, she gave a flat: No.

I dont, she said. I think that it was necessary to make sure that we were able after 9/11 to put in place the security that we needed. Clinton did allow that the acts notorious section 215, which allowed for essentially unlimited data collection, had been interpreted overbroadly.

The provisions of the Patriot Act, a law broadening the powers of American intelligence and law enforcement agencies passed just weeks after 9/11, have widely been criticized as too broad and being without accountability. Among them are the expansion of the secret Fisa court system and a framework for the standards for the collection of personal information from citizens who are not suspected or accused of any crime.

Sanders who voted against the act multiple times, including against its original incarnation in the House of Representatives said unequivocally that he would end bulk data collection by the NSA.

Clinton demurred. Its not easy to balance privacy and security but we have to keep them both in mind, she said.

Additional reporting by Ed Pilkington in New York

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Not long ago, IT teams smuggled open source software through the back door and into production because these were the best tools for the job. Today, If you deconstructed your stack or took a survey of your favorite tools, you'd find a preponderance of open source software: still the best tools for the job. But this is history. Open source won. End of story...and the beginning of a new one.

For more than 17 years, OSCON has informed and educated software engineers, operations teams, and developers about the use of open source in real-world situations. With open source in nearly everything, today's IT professionals need OSCON more than ever. At OSCON, you'll learn from the combined experience of the open source communityyesterday's pioneers and today's innovators. Get insights and strategies for the best use of open source tools and technologies, as well as exposure to the full stack, in all possible configurations. Test-drive technologies and discover ideas that you can take back to test in your workplace.

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Wikileaks Julian Assange no longer being guarded by police …

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Published: 08:37 EST, 12 October 2015 | Updated: 03:13 EST, 13 October 2015

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Police officers have stopped standing guard outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is holed up, for the first time in more than three years.

Scotland Yard said yesterday that they have removed the permanent guard of officers who have been stationed outside ready to arrest Assange since 2012 - at a total cost of 12.6million

The controversial activist has been living in the embassy to avoid being extradited to Sweden over rape allegations.

Assange appeared to celebrate the announcement by ordering himself a celebratory pizza, as a 12.99 Domino's order marked for 'J Assange' was delivered to the embassy yesterday afternoon.

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Police said they have removed the permanent guard of officers who have been stationed outside the embassy ever since Julian Assange (pictured at the embassy) took refuge there in 2012 in a bid to avoid extradition

Scotland Yard said that while they are removing the 24/7 guard outside the embassy they will still do their best to arrest the WikiLeaks founder.

The outspoken former computer hacker still faces immediate arrest should he emerge from the embassy, with police assuring 'every effort' would be made to detain him in order that he can be extradited.

The police's decision to end their round-the-clock surveillance comes after repeated attacks on the cost of the operation, which has totalled 12.6million so far.

Officers insist that they will not relent in their efforts to arrest Assange, who was accused of rape by a Swedish woman after visiting the country five years ago.

He denies the allegation, but says he cannot travel to Sweden to stand trial lest he be extradited to the US, where he fears prosecution over Wikileaks' publication of secret military and diplomatic records.

Three charges of sexual assault were dropped by Swedish prosecutors in August due to the statue of limitations.

Following the announcement by the police Assange appears to have ordered himself a pizza to celebrate

Assange has spent the past three years seeking political asylum. He is wanted for arrest for crimes of espionage, leaking documents and alleged sex crimes (pictured: Police leave the Ecuadorian embassy)

Assange has been granted asylum by Ecuador on political grounds, but is reported to have annoyed embassy staff and become frustrated at being confined to just a few rooms, with a small balcony giving him his only chance to get fresh air.

The country's Left-wing government is believed to have considered a series of plans to smuggle Assange out of the UK - including appointing him an Ecuadorian diplomat or disguising him in fancy dress.

London politicians welcomed the decision to withdraw the permanent police guard, arguing that Scotland Yard could have saved millions by adopting different techniques from the start.

Green Party leader Jenny Jones said: 'Why have we wasted so much valuable police time and taxpayer money keeping one man trapped in an embassy, when using covert surveillance was always an option?'

Labour's Murad Qureshi added: 'With neighbourhood policing being decimated by cuts, we need to see this money spent on protecting Londoners not police officers providing window dressing for the Ecuadorian Embassy.'

The Domino's delivery was marked for a J Assange as it was delivered to the Ecuadorian embassy

Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor, criticised Assange for wasting the money of British taxpayers by refusing to face trial.

'Over 12million of the Met's resources have sadly been squandered and policing in London has been put under further pressure simply due to Assange's actions,' she said. 'It is now time that this immense policing bill created by a diplomatic spat was picked up by the Home Office.

'But most importantly, irrespective of the level of policing of the Ecuadorian embassy in the future, the one fact remains is that he should simply walk out of Ecuadorean embassy and finally let justice prevail.'

Assange was first arrested on a European Arrest Warrant in December 2010 and ordered to face extradition to answer sex charges.

A spokesman for Wikileaks claimed that police were 'escalating the covert operation' and accused officers of trying to cover up the costs of the operation by ending the highly visible guard.

Swedish prosecutors dropped sexual assault claims against Assange in August when a time limit expired, but he is still wanted on a rape accusation made after his visit to the country five years ago

In a statement released yesterday, a Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'While the MPS remains committed to executing the arrest warrant and presenting Julian Assange before the court, it is only right that the policing operation to achieve this is continually reviewed against the diplomatic and legal efforts to resolve the situation.

'As a result of this continual review the MPS has today withdrawn the physical presence of officers from outside the embassy.

'The operation to arrest Julian Assange does however continue and should he leave the Embassy the MPS will make every effort to arrest him.

'However, it is no longer proportionate to commit officers to a permanent presence. The MPS will not discuss what form its continuing operation will take or the resourcing implications surrounding it.'

He added:'This decision has not been taken lightly and the MPS has discussed it with the Home Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

'A significant amount of time has passed since Julian Assange entered the embassy and despite the efforts of many people there is no imminent prospect of a diplomatic or legal resolution to this issue.

'The MPS has to balance the interests of justice in this case with the ongoing risks to the safety of Londoners and all those we protect, investigating crime and arresting offenders wanted for serious offences, in deciding what a proportionate response is.'

Swedish officials recently said they were optimistic about reaching an agreement with Ecuador which could pave the way for the questioning of Assange in London on outstanding accusations against him

In a recent interview, Assange claimed he had not had any fresh air or sunlight for three years.

He said: 'There are security issues with being on the balcony. There have been bomb threats and assassination threats from various people.'

The Australian was granted political asylum by Ecuador under the 1951 Refugee Convention in 2012.

Swedish officials recently said they were optimistic about reaching an agreement with Ecuador which could pave the way for the questioning of Assange in London on outstanding accusations against him.

Justice ministry spokeswoman Cecilia Riddselius said talks between Swedish officials and their counterparts in Ecuador had been 'very good, very constructive' and could lead to a general agreement on legal cooperation 'in time for Christmas'.

Assange has said he would welcome being questioned at the embassy.

October 2006 Assange sets up WikiLeaks for anonymous whistleblowers

April 2010 WikiLeaks reveals a video called Collateral Murder, showing two US military teams shooting a group of men from Apache helicopters. Among those killed were two Reuters war correspondents

July 2010 WikiLeaks releases US logs from the Afghan War, which includes civilian casualties and the names of alleged NATO informers

August 2010 - During a visit to Sweden a prosecutor orders Assange's arrest for rape and molestation, though this is terminated five days later

September 2010 After reviewing the original claim, the investigation is renewed by Swedish prosecutors. Assange is arrested in his absence

October 2010 Iraq War logs are released the biggest single leak in US military history

November 2010 A quarter of a million unclassified and confidential diplomatic cables are published by WikiLeaks. US Attorney-General Eric Holder confirms there is 'an active, ongoing criminal investigation' into WikiLeaks. Swedish prosecutors issue an international warrant for Assange's arrest

December 2010 US vice president Joe Biden dubs Assange a 'terrorist'. He is arrested by British police and later released on bail

February 2011 A High Court in London approves Sweden's extradition request

April 2011 WikiLeaks publishes files from Guantanamo Bay revealing details of detainees

November 2011 High Court dismisses Assange's appeal against extradition. He takes it to the UK's Supreme Court

May 2012 Supreme Court upholds the High Court's decision to surrender Assange to Sweden

June 2012 Assange requests the appeal to be re-opened; Supreme Court rejects this request. Assange then seeks political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London

August 2012 Ecuador grants Assange asylum, saying there are fears his human rights might be violated if he is extradited

August 2014 - Assange reveals plans to leave the embassy 'soon'

November 2014-Sweden's Court of Appeal upholds the arrest warrant against Assange

August 2015 - Swedish prosecutors drop their investigation into two allegations - one of sexual molestation and one of unlawful coercion because they have run out of time to question him. But he still faces the more serious accusation of rape. He continues to deny all the allegations

October 2015 - Metropolitan Police announces that officers will no longer be stationed outside the Ecuadorian embassy

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Military Haircuts | Chelsea Manning

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The last few weeks have been particularly challenging for me. For the first time in years, I felt like giving up... then, I found my "second wind" to be human.

I wasn't sure I was ever going to write this article. Recently, on the evening of September 18, I finally decided that maybe I should quit, to give up on everything and everyone: my family, my friends, my supporters, my court-martial appeal, and my other legal battles -- even my articles for the Guardian and my Medium debut. Basically, I nearly surrendered.

You see, that evening I found out that the military was going to force me to keep my hair cut very short, to the "male" hair standard.

I didn't take the news well. I felt sick. I felt sad. I felt gross -- like Frankenstein's monster wandering around the countryside avoiding angry mobs with torches and pitch forks.

I wanted to run away. I wanted to close the door to my cell, turn out the lights, and shun the world outside. I did exactly that. And then I cried, and cried, sniffled a little bit, and then cried some more. This went on until around midnight.

I wanted to cry myself to sleep on the concrete floor, but a guard came by twice and started asking me if I was okay. "Yes, I'm fine," I said. I was not okay, though. It wasn't his fault; he was just a young guy, maybe 20 years old, I thought to myself.

Then I started to think really dark thoughts. You know, "emo"-goth stuff, like "black isn't dark enough of a color for me."

After five years -- and more -- of fighting for survival, I had to fight even more. I was out of energy.

I called Chase Strangio, my ACLU lawyer, and I cried. As my legal counsel, he represents me in this lawsuit to challenge the hair policy that makes and treats me like a monster or a problem. But I just wanted love and support, and someone to cry to when I was feeling alone. He did such a wonderful job just listening to me.

After feeling devastated, humiliated, hurt, and rejected-- and after wanting to give up on the world -- I found my "second wind" of sorts.

I can make it just a little longer. I just hope it's not too much longer.

I hope to use this platform as a place to document my experience and share my story and, maybe even begin a conversation. Going through such a seismic, existential shift in my life -- transitioning in a military prison -- presents real, meaningful, and daily challenges. I want to hear your thoughts and questions so we can continue to have a dialogue. I also look forward to reading the stories you are brave enough to share with the world so we can understand each other and define ourselves on our own terms.

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"President Obama continues to defend government surveillance programs overseen by his administration this week. The president told Charlie Rose he has no problem with NSA tactics and insists the surveillance is minimally invasive and necessary for national security."*

President Obama is going on the record saying NSA surveillance is fine, and that he "doesn't have a problem with it." Obama says the program is "tranparent" but just how transparent is a secret court? Cenk Uygur and Sam Seder (Host, Majority Report) discuss.

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Edward Snowden May Be the Most Powerful Person on Twitter

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Edward Snowden may be the most powerful person on Twitter, at least where WIRED is concerned.

On Monday, Snowden tweeted:

The tweet links to WIREDs 2014 cover story on Snowden, a profile of the whistleblower and former NSA contractor. Within minutes, web traffic to that story skyrocketed.

Getting a traffic boost from a tweet is not uncommon. A tweet linking to a story from WIREDs own Twitter account, which has nearly 5.2 million followers, can send traffic up. But nothing like the Snowden spike, especially for a story more than a year old. Ive never seen anything like it, says WIRED executive editor and longtime web traffic scrutinizer Joe Brown. Since joining Twitter on September 29, Snowden has sent several tweets, many of which include links to new stories or blog posts. And, as they have forWIRED, they seem to be driving an especially significant amount of traffic and attention. Snowden tweeted a story about the conviction of journalist Matthew Keys on Wednesday from Vices Motherboard. Within minutes, Motherboards social producer Sarah Emerson tweeted:

Similarly, a few days ago, author and journalist Barton Gellman tweeted a link to a post he wrote on the blog of The Century Foundation, a progressive think tank. The post described a speech he gave at an academic conference after which all of the digital recordings of his speech were erased. Later, he tweeted at Snowden:

(The link now leads to a Medium post.)

As any publisher knows, social referrals matter a lot. In a world in which public figures and celebrity endorsements can give a weighty nudge, Snowden seems to be quickly entering the top echelon. With 1.42 million followers, Snowden may not be the most followed person on Twitter. But he seems to command intense influence over his audiences online behavior. Theywatchhis every move, and they go where he points. Many of his tweets arealso faved and retweeted by thousands of users, spreading them even further. Thats an awful lot of power.

Snowden isusing his newfound powers to talk about things that interest him. Hes supporting causes dear to him. And hes taking a stand as a cat person.

With such finely honed 140-character chops, combined with such a large and loyal audience, Snowden has fulfilled the two basic requirements for turning a Twitter account into more than a way to increase ad dollars for publishers whose stories he tweets.

Celebrity tweets, after all, dont just work for content; they work for brands and products, too. Much like Instagram celebrities or YouTube stars who show off things that theyve been paid to endorse, some brands no doubt would love to reach Snowdens audience. Think Norton anti-virus software, Pacsafe suitcases, or, if they were feeling ironic, Nests Dropcamhow much would a brand pay to get access to Snowdens audience, to get retweeted 7,400 times?

Then again, brands arent exactly fond of controversy, no matter how famous the face.

While there are thousands of Americans who consider Snowden a whistleblower who positively influenced our countrys internal debates about capital-D democracy, there are as many (likely more) people who think hes a weaselly traitor, Shift Communications CEO Todd Defren said in an email. I dont see any brand touching that rail: the juice would not be worth the squeeze.'

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Pride and The Book Thief actor Ben Schnetzer has joined the cast of Oliver Stones untitled pic based on the Edward Snowden story. Open Road will distribute, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene

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"Citizenfour" is the rare doc that captures history as it happened. Laura Poitras was one of a select group of journalists in Edward Snowden's inner orbit as the National Security Agency

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Citizenfour director Laura Poitras was thrilled that her examination of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden earned a ticket to the Oscars, but she was shocked that Life Itself didnt make the list

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Laura Poitras Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour has won the International Documentary Associations award for best feature. Poitras received the award Friday night in ceremonies at the

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No documentary in history has ever scored a best picture nomination at the Oscars. Not Hoop Dreams. Not The War Room. Not Harlan County,U.S.A. All the classics of the genre failed to make the

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Monday, October 5, 2015, 7:55 PM

LONDON Edward Snowden says he has offered to return to the United States and go to jail for leaking details of National Security Agency programs to intercept electronic communications data on a vast scale.

The former NSA contractor flew to Moscow two years ago after revealing information about the previously secret eavesdropping powers, and faces U.S. charges that could land him in prison for up to 30 years.

Snowden told the BBC that hed volunteered to go to prison with the government many times, but had not received a formal plea-deal offer.

He said that so far theyve said they wont torture me, which is a start, I think. But we havent gotten much further than that.

In an interview broadcast Monday on the BBCs Panorama program, Snowden said he and his lawyers were waiting for U.S. officials to call us back.

Earlier this year, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said a plea deal with Snowden was a possibility.

Snowdens revelations about the NSA, Britains GCHQ and other intelligence agencies set off an international debate about spies powers to monitor personal communications, and about the balance between security and privacy.

Critics say his disclosures harmed the ability of the United States and its allies to fight terrorism. FBI deputy director Mark Giuliano told the BBC that Snowden was a traitor.

The question is, if I was a traitor, who did I betray? Snowden said. I gave all of my information to American journalists and free society generally.

I have paid a price but I feel comfortable with the decisions Ive made, he added. If Im gone tomorrow, Im happy with what I had. I feel blessed.

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Fresh insight into the trove of documents released by NSA whistleblowerEdward Snowden has revealed that US spies intercepted sensitive communications between Germany's security agencies during a kidnapping in Yemen. By Matthias Gebauer, Henrik Moltke and Michael Sontheimer more... [Comment]

For months, the German government sought to create the impression it was still waiting for an answer from the US on whether it could share NSA target lists for spying with a parliamentary investigation. The response came months ago. By Matthias Gebauer, Ren Pfister and Holger Stark more... [Comment]

In a SPIEGEL interview, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Chief of Staff Peter Altmaier speaks of mistakes made by German intelligence, leaks of confidential information in Berlin and German timidity in the face of US spying. Interview Conducted By Michael Sauga, Jrg Schindler and Peter Mller more... [Comment]

Germany's federal prosecutor was just forced out of office after launching a treason investigation against journalists. The scandal, just like the "SPIEGEL Affair" 50 years ago, reveals a growing state of anxiety among the country's political elite. A Commentary by Klaus Brinkbumer more... [Comment]

Following the latest revelations about surveillance by the United States on the German government and media,it is high time for Chancellor Angela Merkel to take action against the systematic spying. By Markus Feldenkirchen more... [Comment]

Revelations from WikiLeaks published this week show how boundlessly and comprehensively American intelligence services spied on the German government. It has now emerged that the US also conducted surveillance against SPIEGEL. By SPIEGEL Staff more... [Comment]

Germany and the United States have close relations politically, but ties between our people are drifting as a result of NSA spying, the report on CIA tortureand the planned TTIP trade agreement. A broader dialogue is necessary to deepen the partnership. A Commentary By Karen Donfried and Wolfgang Ischinger more... [Comment]

While Chancellor Angela Merkel remains tight-lipped about the German intelligence scandal, her second-in-command is casting her in an increasingly unflattering light by opening up. A Commentary By Klaus Brinkbumer more... [Comment]

Germany's latest spying scandal has created the biggest crisis yet for the country's foreign intelligence agency. The German government appears to have been aware of widespread US spying, possibly including economic espionage, against European targets and yet it did nothing to stop it. By SPIEGEL Staff more... [Comment]

US intelligence spent years spying on European targets from a secretive base. Now, it seems that German intelligence was aware of the espionage -- and did nothing to stop it. By SPIEGEL Staff more... [Comment]

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