• RT, Thursday, August 8, 2013 1:07 PM

Germany’s BND intelligence service has shared more than 500 million pieces of phone and email metadata with the NSA, according to new reports based on Edward Snowden's leaks. According to the BND, the practice is totally legal. The operation was allegedly called "Germany - Last 30 days." The data was reportedly given to the NSA at two different collection sites within Germany. The news comes as the German federal government is still officially waiting for an answer from Washington aabout where German metadata documented in the NSA files was obtained.

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