By Reuters German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that allegations a German man worked as a double agent for US intelligence were serious and if true contradicted the true nature of cooperation between partners. 'If the reports are correct it would be a serious case,' Merkel said during a news conference in Beijing with Chinese Premier Li Kegiang. 'It would be for me a clear contradiction as to what I consider to be trusting cooperation between agencies and partners.' The case risks further straining ties between the long-time allies, which have been severely tested by revelations last year of large-scale snooping on Germany by the National Security Agency, a US intelligence service.
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Chancellor Merkel said the latest allegations of spying, if true, are a 'clear contradiction as to what I consider to be trusting cooperation' between partners
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A 31-year-old man who worked at Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency reportedly admitted passing documents to a US contact
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The White House and State Department have thus far declined to comment on the case
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Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main @placeholder foreign intelligence gathering agency