German Parliamentary Committee investigating the NSA spying scandal
BBC dismayed at German ‘BND spying on journalists’
Germany’s foreign intelligence service BND spied on media e-mails, faxes and phone calls, including more than a dozen BBC numbers in London and Afghanistan, Spiegel news reported.
The surveillance, which began in 1999, also extended to Reuters news agency and the New York Times, it is alleged.
“We are disappointed to hear these claims,” a BBC spokesperson said.
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“Triple agent” spy Markus R. being tried in Munich courtroom
“Triple agent” spy Markus R. is standing as defendent after charges of treason. The 32-year-old former employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency (BND) arrived on Monday for his trial for espionage. The case is being tried in a courtroom in Munich, Germany.