Germany has expelled the CIA's station chief in Berlin in a dramatic rebuke to Washington after its security services uncovered two cases of alleged American spying in a week.
The American intelligence official was asked to leave the country in a public signal of Angela Merkel's fury over US spying on Germany.
It is highly unusual for a European ally to expel a CIA station chief and the move is the most dramatic response from Germany since it was disclosed last year that the NSA was monitoring Mrs Merkel's phone.
"The representative of the US intelligence services at the United States embassy has been asked to leave Germany," a German government spokesman said.
"The request occurred against the backdrop of the ongoing investigation by federal prosecutors as well as the questions that were posed months ago about the activities of US intelligence agencies in Germany." Full story...
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The American intelligence official was asked to leave the country in a public signal of Angela Merkel's fury over US spying on Germany.
It is highly unusual for a European ally to expel a CIA station chief and the move is the most dramatic response from Germany since it was disclosed last year that the NSA was monitoring Mrs Merkel's phone.
"The representative of the US intelligence services at the United States embassy has been asked to leave Germany," a German government spokesman said.
"The request occurred against the backdrop of the ongoing investigation by federal prosecutors as well as the questions that were posed months ago about the activities of US intelligence agencies in Germany." Full story...
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