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Germany summons U.S. Ambassador over spying claims

Aambassador John Emerson is to meet with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. Ref. Source 5

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US bugged Merkel's phone from 2002 until 2013, report claims:

Der Spiegel claims to have seen secret documents from the National Security Agency which show Mrs Merkel's number on a list dating from 2002 - before she became chancellor. Another report says Mr Obama was told in 2010 about the surveillance. Ref. Source 3

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German Politician Urges Restrictions on US Contractors Passing Data to NSA:

U.S. Contracting companies such as Cisco, which manages much of the German armed forces' data, should be contractually barred from passing sensitive information to the U.S. Security services, a spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives was quoted saying. Ref. Source 8

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Germany Getting Ready To Divorce U.S. Ally: Op-Ed:

From recent talks and discussions in Germany I conclude that the U.S. Is losing more and more support and sympathies. The admiration of earlier times has turned into disgust Ref. Source 7

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German paper reports second US spy:

The German paper Süddeutsche Zeitung has reported that German criminal police have searched the Berlin apartment of a second man thought to be spying for the CIA. The man worked for the German military, says the paper. Ref. Source 5

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Merkel doubts whether US will stop spying on Germany:

On Saturday, Merkel said spying on allies eroded trust. "We are not living in the Cold War anymore and are exposed to different threats," She said. "We should concentrate on what is essential." Ref. Source 3

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US spyware 'on USB stick of Merkel aide':

Regin, an advanced spyware program widely believed to have been developed by US and British intelligence agencies, was found on a USB stick belonging to an official in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office, Berlin sources say. Ref. Source 1

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Germany hands over citizens' metadata in return for NSA's top spy software:

In order to obtain a copy of the NSA's main XKeyscore software, whose existence was first revealed by Edward Snowden in 2013, Germany's domestic intelligence agency agreed to hand over metadata of German citizens it spies on. Ref. Source 7v