Germany summoned the US ambassador in Berlin on Friday following the arrest of a man reported to have spied for the United States, heightening friction between the two countries over US eavesdropping in Germany.
US Ambassador John B. Emerson was called in "in connection with an investigation by the federal prosecutor," the German Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The US envoy "was asked to help in the swift clarification" of the case, it added.
Federal prosecutors say a 31-year-old German man was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of spying for foreign intelligence services. They did not identify the suspect or the intelligence services.
German government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters that Chancellor Angela Merkel been personally informed of the arrest.
He declined to comment on reports by Der Spiegel magazine and the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung that the man worked for Germany's foreign intelligence service, known by its German acronym BND.
The newspapers said the man was suspected of passing on information about a German parliamentary committee investigating the activities of US and other intelligence agencies in Germany. He worked with US intelligence since 2012, they reported.
Seibert said members of the parliamentary panel had also been informed of the arrest..................http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/07/germany-summons-us-ambassador-over-spy-arrest-201474233335103786.html
5/7/14
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