Top German court rejects lawmakers' request for NSA targets
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Germany's top court has rejected German lawmakers' demands for access to a secret list of U.S. eavesdropping targets.
Parliament's intelligence oversight panel, known as the G 10 committee, had asked the Constitutional Court to force the German government to hand over the list. It contains "selectors" — such as phone numbers and email addresses — that the U.S. National Security Agency wants allies to monitor.
Following ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden's leaks in 2013, German media reported that the targets included officials and companies in Germany and other European countries.
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The court on Friday ruled against the committee for technical reasons, arguing that it didn't have the necessary constitutional authority to demand access to the list.
A separate case brought by two left-wing opposition parties is still pending.