Protest rally at suspected German NSA site

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Kahf MASSA - BERLIN (AP) Polis Jerman berkata beberapa ratus orang mengadakan demonstrasi di kemudahan pengawasan Amerika Syarikat disyaki berhampiran Frankfurt.

Penunjuk perasaan mengadakan kamera palsu dalam apa yang mereka digambarkan sebagai usaha untuk "mengintip" di banyak kompleks mendapat tentera didakwa menempatkan kemudahan pengintipan Agensi Keselamatan Negara. Satu penunjuk perasaan memakai topi keledar yang mengandungi frasa "Demokrasi adalah menonton anda."

Polis jurucakap Andrea Loeb berkata 450 penunjuk perasaan ternyata untuk perhimpunan Sabtu di Kompleks Dagger apa yang dipanggil tentera Amerika Syarikat di pinggir bandar Griesheim. Dakwaan bocor Edward Snowden tentang aktiviti-aktiviti yang meluas NSA itu mengintip mensasarkan data dan komunikasi di seluruh DUNIA telefon telah menyebabkan kebimbangan di Jerman, di mana melindungi data peribadi adalah satu topik yang sangat sensitif.

Protest rally at suspected German NSA site

Kahf MASSA - BERLIN (AP) German police say several hundred people staged a protest at a suspected U.S. surveillance facility near Frankfurt.

Protesters held up fake cameras in what they described as a bid to "spy" on the heavily secured military complex allegedly housing a snooping facility of the National Security Agency. One protester wore a helmet bearing the phrase "democracy is watching you."

Police spokeswoman Andrea Loeb said some 450 protesters turned out for the rally Saturday at the U.S. military's so-called Dagger Complex on the outskirts of Griesheim town. Allegations by leaker Edward Snowden about the NSA's wide-ranging spying activities targeting data and phone communication worldwide have caused concern in Germany, where protecting personal data is an especially sensitive topic.