Documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveals the NSA and Britain’s GCHQ spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But they also spied on private German companies. Now I’m hearing that in 2009 alone, the NSA spied on over 120 world leaders.
The main German company they’re accused of spying on is called Stellar. Stellar isn’t your local grocer, beer garden or bakery in Berlin or Munich. It’s a mega, major company that deals in satellites and satellite technology. It’s customers include Internet companies, telecommunication companies, and to some extent, the German government. It’s reported they spied on Merkel’s personal cell phone as well as those as millions of ordinary German citizens. What does the NSA or GCHQ have to do with Stellar?
And Merkel isn’t the only one. In 2009 alone, the NSA put in alphabetical order the 122 leaders they wanted to target, according to Snowden’s latest document. The first name on the list was Malaysian prime minister Abdullah Badawi, followed by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. The last man on the list was Yulia Tymoshenko, then the prime minister of Ukraine. Note there are around 200 nations and governments in the world, and 122 were chosen. You do the math.
When will it ever end? Or will it ever end? Is this our new normalcy?