JohnQPublic
19th June 2013, 07:32 AM
'Yes We Scan': Germans Protest at Checkpoint Charlie as Obama Arrives in Berlin (http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/yes-we-scan-germans-protest-at-checkpoint-charlie-as-obama-arrives-in-berlin/277008/)
"...President Obama landed in Berlin Tuesday evening for his first official visit to the German capital, but his reception in the privacy-loving nation might have been warmer if not for the recent revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs.
A few dozen demonstrators gathered at Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall crossing that became a historic symbol of Cold War tensions. Wielding signs reading "Yes We Scan" and "Privacy Ends Here," the group told reporters (http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/lead-berlin-protesters-denounce-us-surveillance-before-obama-visiteds-releads-with-demo-epa-photos_286529.html) that they see widespread data collection as a human rights violation..."
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"...President Obama landed in Berlin Tuesday evening for his first official visit to the German capital, but his reception in the privacy-loving nation might have been warmer if not for the recent revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs.
A few dozen demonstrators gathered at Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall crossing that became a historic symbol of Cold War tensions. Wielding signs reading "Yes We Scan" and "Privacy Ends Here," the group told reporters (http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/lead-berlin-protesters-denounce-us-surveillance-before-obama-visiteds-releads-with-demo-epa-photos_286529.html) that they see widespread data collection as a human rights violation..."
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