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Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
Fri Jul 4, 2014, 11:44 AM Jul 2014

German intelligence employee arrested on suspicion of spying for US on Bundestag NSA committee/DW

Looks like Obama's going to have some more 'splainin to do to his "ally" Angela.

http://www.dw.de/german-intelligence-employee-arrested-on-suspicion-of-spying-for-us-on-bundestag-nsa-committee/a-17758337

German media said on Friday that an employee of the country's foreign intelligence agency (BND) was being held in police custody under the suspicion of espionage. The information was reported by public broadcasters NDR, WDR and the news daily Süddeutsche Zeitung.

According to initial reports, authorities apprehended a 31-year-old member of the BND on Wednesday.

Germany's Federal Prosecutor confirmed the following day that he had been arrested on the "strong suspicion" of spying activities.

During questioning, the suspect reportedly told investigators that he had gathered information on an investigative committee from Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag. The panel is conducting an inquiry into NSA surveillance on German officials and citizens.

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