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German Authorities Lack Evidence To Prosecute Anyone For NSA Spying

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @03:30AM from the leave-no-trace dept.

jfruh (300774) writes "The revelations about the NSA's surveillance program caused particular outrage in Germany, a country that is closely allied with the United States but nevertheless found that its leader's cell phone was being snooped on. Nevertheless, the German federal prosecutor's office will not be bringing any charges against anyone, mostly because they lack enough evidence (Google translation). The decision is sparking anger among German privacy advocates."

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translation by stenvar · 2014-05-28 04:05 · Score: 5, Insightful

The NSA couldn't spy and monitor in Germany without the close and widespread collaboration of the German government and German corporations.
What they are really saying is that they couldn't find someone to shift the blame to outside the government or the corporations close to the government.