page_title: Stateroom (surveillance program)
section_title: Germany
hierarchical_section_title: Stateroom (surveillance program) / Reactions / Germany
caption_attribution_description: English: A view from the rooftop terrace of the Reichstag building, looking south. The Brandenburg Gate in seen in the foreground, with the United States Embassy in the background. The grey structure on the embassy's roof (top right corner of the photograph) is thought to contain surveillance (espionage) equipment.
context_page_description: STATEROOM is the code name of a highly secretive signals intelligence collection program involving the interception of international radio, telecommunications and internet traffic. It is operated out of the diplomatic missions of the signatories to the UKUSA Agreement and the members of the ECHELON network including Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.
  In almost a hundred U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, Stateroom operations are conducted by the Special Collection Service, a unit that is jointly operated by the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.
  According to documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the true mission of Stateroom personnel is generally not revealed to the rest of the diplomatic staff at the facilities where they are assigned.
context_section_description: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle summoned Britain's Ambassador to Germany, Simon McDonald, to explain and to clarify the presence of Britain's eavesdropping centre in Berlin.
caption: A view from the rooftop terrace of the Reichstag building in Berlin, the seat of the German parliament. In the background, behind the Brandenburg Gate, the United States Embassy can be seen. The grey structure on the embassy's roof (top right corner of the photograph) is thought to contain surveillance equipment, possibly used to tap into mobile phones.[15]
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