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US, Germany To Enter No-Spying Agreement

Posted by Soulskill on from the solving-nonexistent-problems dept.

itwbennett writes "The German Federal Intelligence Service said in a news release that the U.S. has verbally committed to enter into a no-spying agreement with Germany. The no-spying agreement talks were announced as part of a progress report on an eight-point program proposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in July with measures to better protect the privacy of German citizens. In the progress report, the German government found that U.S. intelligence services comply with German law. Also, the operators of large German Internet exchanges and the federal government did not find any evidence that the U.S. spies on Germans, the government said."

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  1. I want one too by Kasamir · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can I get a no-spying agreement with the U.S. government?

    1. Re:I want one too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      We have one, it's called the fourth amendment.

      See how well that turned out for us?

  2. Don't worry USA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The UK will spy on Germany for you!

  3. Re:yeah, right by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, trust James Clapper to not lie to the Bundestag.
     

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  4. Re:yeah, right by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, the last time someone made an oral commitment in the oval office it almost lead to impeachment. We can only hope.

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  5. Re:yeah, right by Seumas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Exactly. I was going to say "don't fall for this, Germany -- we have an agreement for our government not to spy on us, too... it's called the Constitution... which our current Constitutional Lawyer president and former presidents have completely shit upon".