German leader: spying on allies harms security

Published January 29, 2014 9:48pm ET



BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Wednesday that countries who spy on their allies risk destroying trust, resulting in less rather than more security.

Merkel used her inaugural address to Parliament after her re-election to slam the United States and Britain over their spy programs. Among the allegations to surface from secret U.S. government documents released by former NSA analyst Edward Snowden last year are that friendly countries and their leaders — including Merkel — have been the target of electronic eavesdropping.

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