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Aagreement between the u. S. And germany it could be the latest result of Edward Snowdens revelations about mass surveillance by the nsa. Today, the man who oversees intelligence in Angela Merkels government says washington offered this deal to try to allay german peoples fears that their text and phone calls are being spied spied on by foreign agency. He appeared for the second time in front of a lawmakers committee. It has been dominating the headlines just six weeks before National Elections in germany. Now the government is hoping this new pledge will neutralize the issue. The governments chief of staff was grilled for six hours on the nation on the nature of german collaborators with foreign intelligence agencies. He has been assured that neither the u. S. Or britain rope protection laws. According to the nsa and British Intelligence agencies, german laws have been observed. The rights of our citizens in germany are being safeguarded. He says the nsa and British Intelligence agenc