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<p style="font-size:xx-small;">rt, in Afghanistan, Germany had proved to be the NSA's "most prolific
partner."Both the BND and BfV, Germany's foreign and domestic intelligence
bureaus, respectively, would not comment on their employment of XKeyScore,
according to Der Spiegel.Apparently, the NSA declined to comment, as well,
referring instead to President Barack Obama's statementon the topic, made
during a recent visit to Berlin,that therewas nothing to add.Obama, during
the visit, said, What I explained to Chancellor Merkel is that I
came into office committed to protecting the American people but also committed
to our highest values and ideals, including privacy and civil liberties.
Im confident at this point that we have struck the appropriate balance,
The Washington Post reported.Merkel reportedly told various media outlets,
present at her traditional summer press conference, Germany is a country
of freedom, and that sometimes, with regards to counterterrorism and espionage,
the ends dont justify the means.Merkel was replying, specifically, to inquiries
regarding Germanys use of PRISM, another NSA program, a mass data-collection
system whose existence was leaked this spring by ex-NSA contractor Edward
Snowden.Snowden fled America, where officials have charged him with espionage
and theft of government property, on May 20, and he is now
reportedly holed up in Russia.According to Agence France-Presse, Merkel
said during the conference she wasnt up to speed on the deta
FILE: Jan. 21, 2013: President Obama starts in second term at the
ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.APJust six
months into his second term, President Obama has nominated a slew of
campaign donors and fundraisers for ambassadorships.These nominations include
major bundlers Denise Bauer and a Los Angeles entertainment attorney Crystal
Nix Hines.As of last month, Obama had given 32.2 percent of ambassadorships
to political appointees -- almost identical to his first term rate and
slightly higher than those of recent predecessors in the long-held tradition
of presidents rewarding big-time financial supporters.The number compares
to 30.02 percent under George W. Bush, 27.82 percent under Bill Clinton
and 31.30 percent under George H.W. Bush, according to the American Foreign
Service Association.The president has nominated 19 people for ambassadorships
in the second term including at least eight bundlers, according to The
Hill newspaper.The 2011-2012 amounts range from $2.36 million by Bauer,
chairwoman of the Women for Obama Finance, who would go to Belgium,
to $477,000 from Hines, who would represent the United States at the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO.Other
bundlers have been named to serve in Austria, Germany, Singapore, Spain,
the Dominican Republic and the United Kingdom.But much of the attention
remains focused on who will get two of the remaining top posts
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