Germany’s Merkel defends BND over NSA spying scandal

‘German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her country’s intelligence agency over its cooperation with US National Security Agency to spy on EU countries and entities.

“In the face of international terrorism threats, they can only do this in cooperation with other intelligence agencies — and that includes first and foremost the NSA,” said Merkel during her first public comments on the spying scandal on Monday.

“Intelligence agencies must be able to work in secret to ensure the public’s safety. The German government will do everything it can to ensure that intelligence agencies are able to carry out their duties,” she added.’

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