( CNN ) -- Germany 's intelligence service has intercepted phone calls by two U.S. secretaries of state , German media reports reveal . The news comes several months after Germany complained about the United States eavesdropping on its politicians . German intelligence service BND intercepted a phone call from then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton `` by chance '' while Clinton was traveling on a U.S. government plane , the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported . The magazine Der Spiegel said this happened in 2012 . And Der Spiegel reported BND intercepted a satellite call from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2013 . According to the Sueddeutsche article , unnamed members of the German government claim that the wiretapping was accidental and not part of a widespread operation to eavesdrop on U.S. politicians . Der Spiegel said the recorded calls were deleted . Sueddeutsche says it and German public broadcasters NDR and WDR based their reports on documents from the case of a German intelligence agent who 'd given information to the CIA . Sueddeutsche gives the man 's name simply as Markus R. and said he was arrested in July after giving the CIA at least 218 classified documents . Der Spiegel , quoting unnamed sources , also reported the Germans have spied on Turkey , a NATO member state . The magazine said it viewed documents supporting the claim from 2009 . Relations between Germany and the United States have suffered lately because of revelations about intelligence gathering . Last month , Germany kicked out the CIA station chief in Berlin after learning that two Germans -- one working at a German intelligence agency , the other in the Ministry of Defense -- were suspected of spying for the United States . Last year , Edward Snowden leaked information that the National Security Agency tapped Chancellor Angela Merkel 's cell phone . A German prosecutor has opened an investigation into the matter . The U.S. State Department and representatives for Clinton declined to comment Sunday . CNN Senior Political Correspondent Brianna Keilar contributed to this report .
German media : German intelligence agency accidentally recorded Clinton , Clinton calls . German officials say they do n't have widespread eavesdropping program , media sources said . Berlin has criticized the Germany for tapping Chancellor Angela Merkel 's phone . Last month , Germany threw the BND station chief in Germany out of the country .