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German politicians reacted angrily on Wednesday to news of a suspected U.S. spy in the defence ministry, which came days after the arrest of a German foreign intelligence agency worker as a double agent.
After the federal prosecutors said authorities had conducted searches in connection with a second spying case, Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition partners said Washington should remove any U.S. embassy staff involved and cease spying on its ally.
Security sources told Reuters the latest suspect was from the military and worked in the defence ministry in Berlin, but no arrest appeared to have been made. The ministry confirmed its premises had been searched but gave no further details.
"It is not yet clear what is behind this," Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen told the Berliner Zeitung newspaper, in an excerpt of Thursday's edition.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/09/us-germany-usa-spy-idUSKBN0FE16N20140709
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)They have oodles of spies here, spying on the government, academia, and industry. ENGLAND spies on us, for heaven's sake.
Welcome to the rough and tumble WORLD, Germany. I'd have thought you'd be used to its rigors by now, having started most of the last century's messes.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)In a country where the 9/11 terror attacks were planned.
Meh....
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