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An employee of the German foreign
intelligence service BND was arrested on suspicision of spying for
the United States government, according to reports.
The alleged spy was said to have been
gathering information regarding the German parliamentary committee
that is investigating claims of the recent US global espionage
programs. To recall, last year the US National Security Agency was
accused of bugging the phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel from
the revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The said accusation of phone bugging of
Germany's head executive has strained the relationship between
Germany and the US; Germany has been cautious regarding the American
surveillance.
This new spying accusation will further
escalate the strained relationship of the two states making it hard
for the US to gain German support to oppose Russian aggression in
Ukraine and to control the Iranian nuclear ambitions.
Germany is taking seriously according
to the spokesman of the Chancellor's office. To be noted, Germany
already created a nine-strong parliamentary committee to investigate
the foreign intelligence agencies in Germany.
According to reports, the 31-year old
alleged spy sold information to the US contact in exchange of money.
Over the years, Germany has been
cautious of espionage because of the East Germany conditions.
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