US spy chief Clapper defends Prism and phone surveillance

[Magda Hassan]

More on Gehlen Org, sorry Germany, and the NSA.

Somewhat oddly:

Der Spiegel said the interview was conducted while Snowden was living in Hawaii, via encrypted emails with US documentary maker Laura Poitras and hacker Jacob Appelbaum.

Which begs the question, why has Der Spiegel waited until now to publish details of the interview....

Edward Snowden tells Der Spiegel NSA is 'in bed with the Germans'

Interview carried out before NSA whistleblower fled to Hong Kong appears to contradict Merkel's public surprise at snooping

The Der Spiegel interview also says that Stuxnet was made with the NSA and Israel.
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[URL="http://cryptome.org/2013/07/snowden-spiegel-13-0707-en.htm"]Question: Does the NSA cooperate with other states like Israel?
[/URL]Snowden: Yes, all the time. The NSA has a large section for that, called the FAD - Foreign Affairs Directorate.
Question: Did the NSA help to write the Stuxnet program? (the malicious program used against the Iranian nuclear facilities -- ed.)
[URL="http://cryptome.org/2013/07/snowden-spiegel-13-0707-en.htm"]Snowden: The NSA and Israel wrote Stuxnet together.
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