Germany calls in British ambassador over spy claims

Germany asked the British ambassador on the 5 November 2013 to come to the foreign ministry to discuss a newspaper report that a covert spying station was operating in Berlin with hi-tech equipment mounted on the embassy roof.

Documents leaked by former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden showed that Britain's surveillance agency was operating a network of "electronic spy posts" from within a stone's throw of the Bundestag and German chancellor's office.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: United Kingdom of Surveillance http://www.europeansources.info/record/united-kingdom-of-surveillance/

ESO: Background information: Merkel's phone tapped by the US, Germany claims http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkels-phone-tapped-by-the-us-germany-claims/

BBC News, 05.11.13: Germany calls in British ambassador over spy claims http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24824633

Spiegel Online International, 05.11.13: Et Tu, UK? Anger Grows over British Spying in Berlin http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/revelation-of-spy-nest-in-british-berlin-embassy-angers-germans-a-931868.html

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