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Germany charges suspected U.S. and Russian spy with treason
Source: Reuters
World | Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:07pm EDT
Germany charges suspected U.S. and Russian spy with treason
BERLIN
German prosecutors said on Thursday they had charged a former employee of the BND foreign intelligence agency with treason and suspect he gave secrets to both the United States and Russia up until last year.
The arrest last year of the man, identified as Markus R., chilled relations between Berlin and Washington, the closest of allies during the Cold War, and followed revelations of extensive snooping on Germany by the U.S. National Security Agency.
The 32-year-old man is accused of passing information to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2008 until mid-2014, prosecutors in Karlsruhe said in a statement.
He provided the Americans with numerous official and BND internal documents and in return received at least 95,000 euros ($106,000). In mid-2014, Markus R. handed over three documents to the Russian consulate in Munich.
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Germany charges suspected U.S. and Russian spy with treason
BERLIN
German prosecutors said on Thursday they had charged a former employee of the BND foreign intelligence agency with treason and suspect he gave secrets to both the United States and Russia up until last year.
The arrest last year of the man, identified as Markus R., chilled relations between Berlin and Washington, the closest of allies during the Cold War, and followed revelations of extensive snooping on Germany by the U.S. National Security Agency.
The 32-year-old man is accused of passing information to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2008 until mid-2014, prosecutors in Karlsruhe said in a statement.
He provided the Americans with numerous official and BND internal documents and in return received at least 95,000 euros ($106,000). In mid-2014, Markus R. handed over three documents to the Russian consulate in Munich.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/20/us-germany-usa-spy-idUSKCN0QP1U820150820