The US has been spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkels mobile phone since 2002, according to a report in Der Spiegel magazine. The German publication claims to have seen secret documents from the National Security Agency which show Mrs Merkels number on a list dating from 2002 - before she became chancellor. Her number was still on a surveillance list in 2013. Meanwhile Washington has seen a protest against the NSAs spying programme. Several thousand protesters marched to the US Capitol to demand a limit to the surveillance. Some of them held banners in support of the fugitive former contractor Edward Snowden, who revealed the extent of the NSAs activities. .........This scandal has caused the biggest diplomatic rift between Germany and the US in living memory. A close ally of Mrs Merkel told the BBC that she was personally very hurt by the idea of being spied on by American friends. The chancellor is said to be shocked that Washington may have engaged in the sort of spying that she had to deal with while growing up in Communist East Germany.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 06:52:49 +0000
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