Germany's interior ministry reportedly approached the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) last October to ask for the file’s content, amid revelations the NSA had been tapping the chancellor’s mobile phone.
But in a written response to parliamentary questions from the Green Party, the German government said: "The United States has not revealed the relevant information to the German government."
Green Party foreign policy spokesman Omid Nouripour wanted to know whether the chancellor had requested access to the documents produced by the NSA while they were spying on her phone, whether the US government has revealed details about the transcripts and whether Merkel was considering pushing for the files to be destroyed.
The German government did not respond to the question of whether it had asked for the files to be destroyed, but it had received no answer for its request to see the file, the Sächsische Zeitung reported on Wednesday.
And in an interview with Spiegel magazine this week interior minister Thomas de Maizière said the information provided by the United States "is to this day insufficient”. Full story...
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But in a written response to parliamentary questions from the Green Party, the German government said: "The United States has not revealed the relevant information to the German government."
Green Party foreign policy spokesman Omid Nouripour wanted to know whether the chancellor had requested access to the documents produced by the NSA while they were spying on her phone, whether the US government has revealed details about the transcripts and whether Merkel was considering pushing for the files to be destroyed.
The German government did not respond to the question of whether it had asked for the files to be destroyed, but it had received no answer for its request to see the file, the Sächsische Zeitung reported on Wednesday.
And in an interview with Spiegel magazine this week interior minister Thomas de Maizière said the information provided by the United States "is to this day insufficient”. Full story...
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