By Iain Thomson, 10 Jul 2014
The German government has ordered the local station chief of the CIA to leave the country immediately – after a second German government official was arrested in an investigation into US surveillance on its erstwhile ally.
"The representative of the US intelligence services at the embassy of the United States of America has been told to leave Germany," said government spokesman Steffen Seibert, the BBC reports.
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6978/reg_security/front&sz=300x250%7C300x600&tile=3&c=33U7-ZiKwQrMkAAB3TnKIAAAJg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26unitname%3Dwww_top_mpu%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0The German government took the matter very seriously, Seibert said, and added that while the relationship between his country and the US was important to both parties, any dealings must take place with "mutual trust and openness."
The Register/ full read here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/10/german_government_orders_local_cia_station_chief_to_pack_his_bags/
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