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Report: NSA targeted German privacy activist

By Washington Examiner
Published July 3, 2014 9:21pm ET
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Report: NSA targeted German privacy activist
The former US National Security Agency, NSA, employee William Binney, in wheelchair, arrives for his questioning by the German parliamentary NSA investigation committee in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Picture taken trough a window. The committee investigates the NSA surveillance activities, that also included the tapping of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) | Michael Sohn

BERLIN (AP) — German media reported Thursday that users and supporters of a popular online anonymity tool are among those automatically singled out for special attention by U.S. security services.

The report by public broadcasters WDR and NDR says the code from the National Security Agency’s XKeyscore software reveals the NSA’s interest in anyone who uses a program called Tor that can obscure a person’s digital trail.

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