(1.November 2013) However, in a country-by-country survey of its European partners, GCHQ officials expressed admiration for the technical capabilities of German intelligence to do the same thing. The survey in 2008, when Tempora was being tested, said the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), had „huge technological potential and good access to the heart of the internet – they are already seeing some bearers running at 40Gbps and 100Gbps“. (…)

GCHQ also maintains strong relations with the two main Dutch intelligence agencies, the external MIVD and the internal security service, the AIVD.