“Tapping friends’ conversations is totally unacceptable”, said government spokesman Steffen Seibert in summer 2013 with reference to the extensive tapping of the US secret service organisation NSA, especially in Germany. But did German politicians and authorities really only find out recently and what consequences should we draw?

Written and directed by Hubert Seipel Director of photography Michael Jakobi, Knut Sodemann, André Böhm u.a. Sound Daniel Erbe, Michael Menke, Mario Krauß u.a. Edited by Rainer Wolf Production manager Sven Heiligenstein Producer Stefan Bomhof Head of production Dagmar Rosenbauer Editorial department Christoph Mestmacher (NDR) Format/duration Dokumentary / 45 minutes Produced for NDR Air date 02/06/2017, ARD 22:45 Locations several Shooting period 2016 » back