A report published by the German magazine Der Spiegel revealed in October that Angela Merkel was a target of NSA surveillance.
Merkel even called Obama to clarify the incident. Some German lawmakers have considered opening an investigation of their own into the NSA's practices, and they even got Edward Snowden to support it.
But the groups think the German government is not a victim, but rather an enabler of the NSA and GCHQ. That's why they are asking the prosecutors to initiate a criminal investigation, something their attorney said it's "necessary and mandatory."
"Every citizen is affected by the massive surveillance of their private communications. Our laws protect us and threatens those responsible for such surveillance with punishment," Julius Mittenzwei, an attorney for the CCC, said in a statement.
The CCC and the ILHR are also asking the prosecutors to summon Snowden as a witness and provide him safe passage to Germany and to protect him against extradition to the United States.
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