In January 2006 , the Bad Aibling branch of the BND reported to its headquarters in Pullach that the " selectors " ( search terms ) used by the NSA under the programme included some terms targeting the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company ( EADS ) and the Eurocopter project as well as French administration . These selectors were first noticed by BND employees in 2005 . Other selectors were found to target the administration of Austria . After the revelations made by whistleblower Edward Snowden the BND decided to investigate the issue ; their October 2013 conclusion was that at least 2,000 of these selectors were aimed at Western European or even German interests which has been a violation of the Memorandum of Agreement that the US and Germany signed in 2002 in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks . After reports emerged in 2014 that EADS and Eurocopter had been surveillance targets the Left Party and the Greens filed an official request to obtain evidence of the violations
9/11 terror attacks
September 11 attacks
Operation Eikonal