Possible post‑Snowden leak of NSA document on German Chancellor Merkel to Der Spiegel
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The passage suggests that a sensitive NSA file naming Chancellor Angela Merkel as a target (not an asset) appeared in German media weeks after Snowden’s Hong Kong hand‑over, implying an unknown party Der Spiegel published a story naming Merkel as an NSA target, citing a document not found in the 58, Journalist Laura Poitras texted Snowden for background after the story broke, indicating she lacke
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