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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during a press conference in Berlin,
Germany, Friday, July 19, 2013. Chancellor Angela Merkel is acknowledging
Germans have been unsettled by allegations of widespread U.S. surveillance
though she insists patience is needed as officials seek answers from Washington.
Merkel faced a barrage of questions about the National Security Agency's
activities at a news conference Friday following a week in which her
opponents have asserted she's doing too little to confront the U.S. and
protect Germans' data. Germany holds elections Sept. 22 in which Merkel
seeks a third term. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)German Chancellor Angela Merkel
vehemently denied the country is a surveillance state after a magazine reported
her government used a top U.S. National Security Agency spy program.The
German magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday on Germanys utilization of
an NSA system known as XKeyScore, which allows an agency to gather
all of the unfiltered data a targeted individual has accessed over a
specific period of time.The XKeyScore program can, for instance, retroactively
reveal any terms the target person has typed into a search engine,
DerSpiegel wrote in citing documents seen by its reporters.Additionally,
the magazine said the system is able to receive a full take
of all unfiltered data over a period of several days -- including,
at least in part, the content of communications.According to the Der Spiegel
repo
rt, in Afghanistan, Germany had proved to be the NSA's "most prolific
partner."Both the BND and BfV, Germany's foreign and domestic intelligence
bureaus, respectively, would not comment on their employment of XKeyScore,
according to Der Spiegel.Apparently, the NSA declined to comment, as well,
referring instead to President Barack Obama's statementon the topic, made
during a recent visit to Berlin,that therewas nothing to add.Obama, during
the visit, said, What I explained to Chancellor Merkel is that I
came into office committed to protecting the American people but also committed
to our highest values and ideals, including privacy and civil liberties.
Im confident at this point that we have struck the appropriate balance,
The Washington Post reported.Merkel reportedly told various media outlets,
present at her traditional summer press conference, Germany is a country
of freedom, and that sometimes, with regards to counterterrorism and espionage,
the ends dont justify the means.Merkel was replying, specifically, to inquiries
regarding Germanys use of PRISM, another NSA program, a mass data-collection
system whose existence was leaked this spring by ex-NSA contractor Edward
Snowden.Snowden fled America, where officials have charged him with espionage
and theft of government property, on May 20, and he is now
reportedly holed up in Russia.According to Agence France-Presse, Merkel
said during the conference she wasnt up to speed on the deta
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