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07-11-2014, 12:32 PM
Two separate accusations of American spying within German borders in less than a week have caused widespread outrage in Germany, leading to the CIA official's ouster. The highly unusual decision, announced yesterday, represents a serious low-point in relations between Germany and the US. Last week German authorities arrested a German intelligence employee who is suspected of selling documents to the CIA. Although President Obama apologized for that incident and promised her cell phone is not currently tapped, Germany has been unsatisfied with the US response overall to its concerns over spying, especially in a country that lived under the Gestapo in World War II and the Stasi during the cold war.

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