US-German Relations Strained Further With Arrest Of Alleged Spy

[Purveyor]

By Vicki Needham - 07/04/14 05:35 PM EDT

Germany summoned the U.S. ambassador on Friday after the arrest of a man who had reportedly spied for the United States, fueling tensions that had already intensified over alleged U.S. eavesdropping.

U.S. Ambassador John Emerson was called "in connection with an investigation by the federal prosecutor," the German Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Emerson “was asked to help in the swift clarification" of the case.”

The German federal prosecutor said a 31-year-old German had been arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of working for foreign intelligence agencies, according to news reports.

Those agencies weren’t identify the suspect or the intelligence services.

The man's links to U.S. intelligence haven't been conclusively established.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/international/211370-germany-summons-us-ambassador-over-spy-allegations#ixzz36d0Tcq8V

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Ah, the Hun, terror of Europe

We'd be remiss if we didn't spy on them.

And everyone else.