Wikileaks: NSA spying on top German officials for economic reasons
Wikileaks reveals an extended economic espionage activity conducted by the NSA in Germany, the spies were particularly interested in the Greek debt crisis.
Recently we spoke about the last collection of data disclosed by Wikileaks onĀ NSAĀ massive surveillance, highlighting the cyber espionage operations of the US intelligence against principal security firms and theĀ France politicians, today we will discuss new revelations made by the organizzazione.
The latest release of documents reveals an extended economic espionage activity conducted by the NSA in Germany, the spies were particularly interested in the Greek debt crisis.Ā The US intelligence targeted German government representatives due to their privileged position in the negotiations between Greece andĀ theĀ UE.
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Julian Assange, editor-in-chief at Wikileaks, released the following declaration on Wednesday:
ā[it] further demonstrates that the United Statesā economic espionage campaign extends to Germany and to key European institutions and issues such as the European Central Bank and the crisis in Greece.ā āWould France and Germany have proceeded with the BRICS bailout plan for Greece if this intelligence was not collected and passed to the United States ā who must have been horrified at the geopolitical implications?āĀ
Some of the interceptions are dated classified as highly sensitive and documents were cleared for distribution among the āUS-led āFive Eyesā spying alliance of UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.ā
The evolution of the Greek bailout appears as one of the topics of interest for the NSA agents thatĀ āintercepted talk between Chancellor Merkel and her assistant, the Chancellor talks about her views on solutions to the Greek financial crisis and her disagreement with members of her own cabinet, such as Finance Minister Wolfgang SchƤuble, on matters of policy.ā
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āThe report refers to an overview prepared by German Chancellery Director-General for EU Affairs Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut. Germany was, according to the intercept, opposed to giving a banking license to the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), however it would support a special IMF fund into which the BRICS nations would contribute bolster to European bailout activities.ā reportsĀ Wikileaks, citing documents gathered by the British Intelligence (GCHQ) and shared among the FiveEyes.
German government still hasnāt officially commented the documents leaked by WikiLeaks.
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