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According to media reports, the BND, the [[Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)|BKA]] and the [[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution|BfV]] are said to have cooperated with the CIA in setting up secret prisons (black sites). Germans are also said to have been involved in interrogations in [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Guantanamo]].<ref>{{Cite web/German|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/kampf-gegen-terror-schaeuble-rechtfertigt-verhoere-muessen-informationen-nutzen-1279481.html|titel=Kampf gegen Terror: Schäuble rechtfertigt Verhöre: „Müssen Informationen nutzen“|datum=2005-12-16|zugriff=2024-07-05|sprache=de}}</ref>
 
The BND is said to have cooperated with the NSA in spying on German citizens in [[Project 6]] and other operations, which led to public criticism of the service.<ref>{{Cite web/German|url=https://www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2018/juni/fuenf-jahre-nsa-affaere-die-neue-macht-des-bnd|titel=Fünf Jahre NSA-Affäre: Die neue Macht des BND {{!}} Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik|zugriff=2024-07-05}}</ref> The BND forwarded data such as private cell phone numbers and email addresses to the NSA and pre-sorted data for the NSA. In response to the affair, the [[Bundestag|German Bundestag]] passed a revised BND law in October 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Niesen |first=Claudia |date=2017-02-16 |title=NSA-Affäre: Worum geht es? |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/nsa-affaere-worum-geht-es-a-1134779.html |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}</ref>
 
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