German intelligence spied on journalists: report

Berlin

GERMANY's foreign intelligence service apparently spied on the phones, faxes or emails of several foreign news organisations, including The New York Times, the British Broadcasting Corp and Reuters, the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday.

Der Spiegel said that it saw a list that indicated that the German intelligence service, the BND, had monitored at least 50 phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses beginning in 1999.

One number was listed for The New York Times in Afghanistan. Others monitored by the BND included Reuters offices in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria, as well as the B…