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Fun fact: The NSA actually requested data that was collected by the STASI in East Germany.

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=de&to=en&a=n...

German original:

https://netzpolitik.org/2013/erschreckende-statistik-geheimd...

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Just yesterday the former Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives and civil rights activist Johannes Gauck met with Barack Obama.

[Argorak]

To clarify for those that don't know: Gauck is now the president of Germany, so he didn't meet Obama because of his history.

Also, his first name is Joachim.