Originally Published in Madras Courier
Editorial Note
The future race for political, military, and economic dominance will be dictated not by land, air, water, and outer space but by digital spaces.
In October 2013, German media was abuzz with sensational reports detailing the infamous “NSA Affair.” These revelations stemmed from classified files leaked by Edward Snowden, a former CIA analyst turned whistleblower. The documents exposed the covert surveillance activities conducted by the United States intelligence agency on German soil. Among the most alarming claims was that the top floor of the US Embassy in Berlin in Pariser Platz overlooking the Reichstag and Brandenburger Tor housed sophisticated equipment that eavesdropped on the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s calls.