Germany Calls In British Ambassador Over Berlin Spying Claim

Simon McDonald, UK Ambassador to Germany

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Germany's foreign ministry calls in the British ambassador to explain reports that the UK was operating a covert spying station from its Berlin embassy

Germany called in the British ambassador to hear a formal protest on Tuesday after reports suggested that British intelligence runs an eavesdropping centre in Berlin.

The facility, allegedly sited on the roof of the British Embassy in Berlin, is supposedly operated by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the UK’s largest intelligence agency.

Germany took the unusual step of requesting Simon McDonald, the British ambassador, to attend a meeting at the foreign ministry. The German diplomat responsible for relations with European countries “asked for an explanation of current reports in British media and indicated that tapping communications from a diplomatic mission would be a violation of international law”. Read on and comment » | David Blair | Tuesday, November 05, 2013

My comment:

We Brits never did quite grasp the concept of being communautaire, did we? It's as if we never really joined the EU, and it's as if WWII never ended. Shame on us! – © Mark

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