CIA Driven Away from Berlin

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http://watchingamerica.com/News/242303/cia-driven-away-from-berlin/

CIA Driven Away from Berlin
Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
By Bartosz Wieliński
Translated By Natalia Suta
11 July 2014
Edited by Brent Landon

Germany and the United States have often been at loggerheads, but never have the two countries been involved in such a scandal. Yesterday the German government announced it is expelling a diplomat—the CIA chief in Berlin. It is a reaction to a spy scandal which erupted last week. It turned out that Americans had their own spy in the German BND intelligence service. This week, it has come to light that another American spy also operated in the Ministry of Defense. Both of them were led by a CIA resident.

When asked to comment on the issue, at first Chancellor Merkel hid behind arguments about Americans abusing trust, but yesterday she was strict with words. The expulsion of a diplomat of such a high rank is a very drastic move in international relations.

The situation is exceptional, as America has once again been caught red-handed, spying in a country that is its official ally. A year ago, Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency analyst who fled to Russia, revealed that Americans are spying on the Internet all over the world. Next, it turned out that the U.S. also monitored Merkel’s private cell phone.

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A senior German politician and the current Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schauble publicly accused Americans of stupidity. And he’s right. The spy they enlisted was purely interested in money. Once the money the CIA paid him was no longer sufficient he turned his offer to Russia—this is when he was caught by German counter-intelligence. Cooperation with such a man, even if he did provide interesting information, had to end very badly for the U.S.