(Spiegel) According to the SSO report, FISA, the special court responsible for intelligence agency requests, provided the NSA with authorization to monitor “Germany” on March 7, 2013. The case number provided in the ruling is 13-319. According to the partial list in the document, the court has provided similar authorization for countries including, China, Mexico, Japan, Venezuela, Yemen, Brazil, Sudan, Guatemala, Bosnia and Russia. In practice, the NSA uses this permission in diverse ways — sometimes it uses it to monitor telecommunications companies, and at others it surveils individuals. (NHK) Der Spiegel reported on US classified information it allegedly obtained from former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The … Continue reading Spiegel, NHK, 环球网