Anger mounts as Germany unearths second U.S. spy suspect

[cali]

German politicians reacted angrily on Wednesday to news of a suspected U.S. spy in the defence ministry, which came days after the arrest of a German foreign intelligence agency worker as a double agent.

After the federal prosecutors said authorities had conducted searches in connection with a second spying case, Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition partners said Washington should remove any U.S. embassy staff involved and cease spying on its ally.

Security sources told Reuters the latest suspect was from the military and worked in the defence ministry in Berlin, but no arrest appeared to have been made. The ministry confirmed its premises had been searched but gave no further details.

"It is not yet clear what is behind this," Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen told the Berliner Zeitung newspaper, in an excerpt of Thursday's edition.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/09/us-germany-usa-spy-idUSKBN0FE16N20140709

[Thinkingabout]

1. Wow, just think, there are spies everywhere. Spies spying on the US, Germany, Russia, everywhere.

[11 Bravo]

3. Yeah, but it's the scary black guy, so ... IMPEACH!

[Dreamer Tatum]

2. Who is Germany talking to, exactly?

They have oodles of spies here, spying on the government, academia, and industry. ENGLAND spies on us, for heaven's sake.

Welcome to the rough and tumble WORLD, Germany. I'd have thought you'd be used to its rigors by now, having started most of the last century's messes.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. A spy possibly caught spying

In a country where the 9/11 terror attacks were planned.

Meh....

[Gravitycollapse]

5. I do not believe the 9/11 attacks were planned in the German Defense Ministry.

[snooper2]

7. ^This reminds me why we need to keep factory jobs around