Topic: SECURITY - on July 1, 2013 at 2:06:00 PM CEST
US-Regierung verspricht EU Aufklärung im Überwachungsskandal
Der oberste Chef der US-Geheimdienste, James Clapper, hat die Aufklärung der Fragen um den mutmaßlichen Abhörskandal in europäischen Regierungs- und EU-Einrichtungen versprochen. "Die US-Regierung wird der Europäischen Union angemessen über unsere diplomatischen Kanäle antworten", erklärte das Büro des Geheimdienstdirektors. Klärung werde es auch in dem beidseitigen Experten-Dialog über die Geheimdienste geben, den die USA vor Wochen angekündigt haben.
"Wir werden diese Themen auch bilateral mit EU-Mitgliedsstaaten besprechen", so die Erklärung. "Während wir grundsätzlich bestimmte, mutmaßliche Geheimdienstaktivitäten nicht öffentlich kommentieren, haben wir klar gemacht, dass die USA ausländische Geheimdienstinformationen in der Weise sammeln, wie es alle Nationen tun."
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 1, 2013 at 2:04:00 PM CEST
New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European allies
US intelligence services are spying on the European Union mission in New York and its embassy in Washington, according to the latest top secret US National Security Agency documents leaked by the whistleblower Edward Snowden.
One document lists 38 embassies and missions, describing them as "targets". It details an extraordinary range of spying methods used against each target, from bugs implanted in electronic communications gear to taps into cables to the collection of transmissions with specialised antennae.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 1, 2013 at 2:02:00 PM CEST
NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program
The top-secret PRISM program allows the U.S. intelligence community to gain access from nine Internet companies to a wide range of digital information, including e-mails and stored data, on foreign targets operating outside the United States. The program is court-approved but does not require individual warrants. Instead, it operates under a broader authorization from federal judges who oversee the use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Some documents describing the program were first released by The Washington Post on June 6. The newly released documents below give additional details about how the program operates, including the levels of review and supervisory control at the NSA and FBI. The documents also show how the program interacts with the Internet companies. These slides, annotated by The Post, represent a selection from the overall document, and certain portions are redacted.
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