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File photo—Chairman Dianne Feinstein speaks to the media after meeting with members of the intelligence community during a Senate Select Intelligence Committee closed door briefing on Capitol Hill on September 5, 2013. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
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File photo—German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich briefs the media in Berlin on March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
German minister demands ‘complete’ US answers
Berlin, Associated Press—Germany’s interior minister is pressing for “complete information” from Washington on the alleged US surveillance of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone and any other snooping. Merkel complained to President Barack...Caption:
File photo—German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a BlackBerry Z10 smartphone featuring high security Secusite software, used for governmental communication, at the booth of Secusmart during her opening tour at the CeBit computer fair in Hanover on March 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch)
Germany summons US envoy over alleged NSA spying
Berlin, Associated Press—Germany’s Foreign Ministry summoned the US ambassador Thursday following allegations that American intelligence may have targeted Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone. Lawmakers, meanwhile, made clear they weren’t satisfied...Caption:
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Luxembourg on October 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)