"U.S. intelligence was of utmost importance"
Many, especially on the left of our country has downplayed the U.S. role, but according to German officials:
American assistance in uncovering the terrorist plot last week to attack U.S. and German targets in Germany was "vital," according to a German official familiar with the investigation. It was National Security Agency surveillance of communications between Germany and Pakistan, along with some help from Pakistani intelligence, that first uncovered the plot last October and "set the ball rolling," the German official told TIME. The investigation culminated last week in the arrests in central Germany of three ringleaders, two German nationals and a Turk, and the revelation that the cell was plotting a "massive" attack, possibly on U.S. targets in Germany. "U.S. intelligence was of utmost importance," said the official, who asked not to be named. "The U.S. was even more prominent in this than they appear to be."
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It will not stop the left from "spinning" or outright lying, but Time has never been accused of having a conservative bias and this is published by them.
It matters not to me whether the the information was obtained in our previous measures or because of the newly passed measures.
The point here is that sharing intelligence and countries working together to foil terror plots, which save lives. Those that pretend it does are trying to distract from the fact that the tools we are using are having an impact and saving innocent lives.
They are using the tools they have at their disposal, working together and have foiled many plots over the last few months and I have no doubt they will foil more.
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