The BND is a joke. The NSA and GCHQ do most of the actual spying and pass it on to the BND. It's also a great way to get data you can't easily collect yourself

The BND is a joke. The NSA and GCHQ do most of the actual spying and pass it on to the BND. It's also a great way to get data you can't easily collect yourself for legal reasons (e.g. surveillance of German citizens in Germany).