GERMANY: NSA: German government to drop Verizon over NSA spying fears

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"There are indications that Verizon is legally required to provide certain things to the NSA, and that's one of the reasons the cooperation with Verizon won't continue," German Interior Ministry spokesman Tobias Plate told AP. Verizon has provided Internet service to a number of German government departments but not intelligence to agencies according to Plate."

See the article: German government to drop Verizon over NSA spying fears (Washington Post, link)

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