‘Furious’ German spies frozen out by UK intelligence after ‘leaking to WikiLeaks’
‘British spies are refusing to share secret information with their German counterparts because they believe Berlin’s leaky data servers have provided rich pickings for WikiLeaks.
Politicians in Berlin are said to be furious about the intelligence blockade, which has seen German spy agency BND cut off from US and British secret data at a time when Europe is under constant threat of terrorist attacks.
The spat between intelligence agencies is also linked to continued German anger at incidents where Chancellor Angela Merkel was spied on by America’s National Security Agency (NSA).
German requests for Britain to release details of the secret operations to a committee investigating the NSA’s activities were refused, in part because the UK fears a debate in the Reichstag that would publicise the country’s spycraft.’
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