And in a way, the minister was right, because technical instruments can only register what people are doing, but agents and spies can also report what people are planning to do and what they are thinking.
Und gewissermaßen hatte  der Minister recht, denn technische Instrumente können nur registrieren,  was Menschen machen, aber Agenten und Spitzel  können auch melden, was Menschen vorhaben und was sie denken.