#p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty #union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 NSA Turned Germany Into Its Largest Listening Post in Europe https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/06/17/germany-nsas-largest-listening-post-europe/ The National Security Agency has turned Germany into its most important base of operations in Europe, according to a story published by Der Spiegel this week. The German magazine reports that documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden “paint a picture of an all-powerful American intelligence agency that has developed an increasingly intimate relationship with Germany over the past 13 years while massively expanding its presence.” The magazine adds, “No other country in Europe plays host to a secret NSA surveillance architecture like the one in Germany…In 2007, the NSA claimed to have at least a dozen active collection sites in Germany.”...