# Bundestag inquiry examines BND cooperation with NSA

Date: 2014

A Bundestag inquiry examined BND cooperation with NSA after Snowden. Merkel’s “friends don’t spy” line sat against later findings of German participation. The inquiry is an oversight record, not a criminal verdict.

## People

- Angela Merkel: https://factrail.ai/people/angela-merkel

## Drivers

- Personal-Data Protection: https://factrail.ai/drivers/personal-data-protection

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-spy-idUSKCN0J41G420141120/
- https://www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/untersuchungsausschuss_nsa

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-nsa-bnd-inquiry