Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (103514)	10/31/2013 12:27:10 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 218108

Germany thought they had better do some spying too so flew a helicopter around over the USA embassy in Germany to see if they could spy any spying equipment on the embassy and to ensure the safety of the embassy and the embassy personnel. <http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-helicopter-searched-for-nsa-listening-post-in-frankfurt-a-921257.html Under orders from Germany's domestic intelligence agency, a federal police helicopter conducted a flyover of the US Consulate in Frankfurt, the government in Berlin has confirmed. Officials were apparently searching for surveillance equipment. The German government on Monday confirmed that a previously reported operation targeting potential American eavesdropping facilities located on German soil took place at the end of August. Both a spokesperson for Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Interior Ministry admitted on Monday that a Federal Police helicopter had conducted a low-altitude flyover of the United States Consulate in Frankfurt in order to take high-resolution photographs. The apparent aim of the mission was to identify suspected listening posts on the roof of the consulate. According to the newsmagazine Focus, the Eurocopter circled over the US representation at an altitude of just 60 meters (200 feet). The magazine quoted an unnamed government official stating that Germany wanted to send a message to the Americans that it would not tolerate eavesdropping technologies on German soil. "The message to the American friends was meant to be: Stop. Germany strikes back!" The flyover was first reported last week by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. > No doubt the USA is very appreciative that Germany is keeping them safe in the same way that TSA people ensure my safety when I go through airports around the world. In Australia last week I was forced to stand with my hands above my head while a cancer-creating machine swooped around me doing penetration radiation inspection of my gonads and whatnot. Then they wanted to swab my carry on bag to see if I had explosives, even though they had already x-rayed it to have a close look. Germany should do likewise for anyone coming in or going out of the USA embassy in Germany to ensure the safety of the Americans. We can't be too safe. If the USA has nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear. Mqurice