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Through targeted retrievals and the use of NSA-developed analysis software known as Xkeyscore, NSA intercepted both calls, texts and chat messages to and from telephones of officials in the neighbouring countries, sources told DR.
A spokesperson for the Danish Defence Intelligence Service also declined to comment.ĭenmark, a close ally of the United States, hosts several key landing stations for subsea internet cables to and from Sweden, Norway, Germany, Holland and Britain. In Washington, the NSA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) declined to comment.
"I can more generally say that this government has the same attitude as the former Prime Minister expressed in 20 - systematic wiretapping of close allies is unacceptable," Bramsen told Reuters in a statement. The findings are the result of a 2015 internal investigation in the Danish Defence Intelligence Service into NSA's role in the partnership, DR said, citing nine unnamed sources with access to the investigation.Īccording to the investigation, which covered the period from 2012 to 2014, the NSA used Danish information cables to spy on senior officials in Sweden, Norway, France and Germany, including former German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and former German opposition leader Peer Steinbrück.Īsked for comment on the DR report, a spokesperson for the German chancellery said it only became aware of the allegations when asked about them by journalists, and declined to comment further.ĭanish Defence Minister Trine Bramsen declined to comment on "speculation" about intelligence matters in the media. National Security Agency (NSA) used a partnership with Denmark's foreign intelligence unit to spy on senior officials of neighbouring countries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Danish state broadcaster DR said.
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