U.S. Spooks Cracked Private Terror Chat Rooms

German officials nabbed three evil doers last week before they could use massive quantities of explosives stockpiled for a series of planned attacks. Now TIME Magazine uncovers the secret role played by American spooks in the operation. U.S. intelligence agencies picked up on a change in "intensity" in both telephone and Internet communications between Europe and the areas of Pakistan where Al Qaeda terrorists are directed and trained nowadays. The Americans handed this tip over to the Germans, along with Chris Hansen-like transcripts of entire conversations "apparently gleaned from PRIVATE INTERNET CHATROOMS" that implicated the suspects. The article hints that the success of this arrest may have motivated German officials to propose the use of that nifty snoopware the CIA is using.