Germany has for years been ground zero for the U.S. National Security Agency’s European spy operations, hosting a “web” of sites that secretly collect information, including data used to “capture and kill” alleged terrorists, German magazine Der Spiegel revealed Wednesday.

Based on documents exposed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the reporting asserts that spying operations in Germany are more widespread than previously disclosed and raise questions about the German government’s complicity in these operations.

Previous Snowden-linked revelations that the U.S. had been spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone communications had sparked an uproar across Germany and prompted an investigation by Germany’s federal prosecutor. Yet, critics have charged that the German government has directly collaborated with the NSA behind closed doors while also being targeted by the agency.

According to the article, Snowden’s documents

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