German MPs report on spy claims
A parliamentary commission in Germany is to decide whether to make public a report into claims that the BND foreign intelligence agency spied on reporters. The report by a special investigator – which has been leaked to the German media – suggests that for years, journalists were under surveillance. It claims the BND spied on the German press from 1993 to 2005 and recruited journalists as informers. A Berlin court has ruled that the report should not be published in full. Full Story