BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office asked the US ambassador to come in Thursday over new allegations of NSA spying, which threaten to drive a new wedge through transatlantic ties.
In the latest eruption in a nearly two-year rift over illicit espionage, Merkel’s chief of staff Peter Altmeier called the US envoy, John Emerson, to the chancellery “to make clear that respect for German law is non-negotiable and proven violations will be prosecuted,” Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
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