Germany Electronic Spying on Turkey Rankles Both Sides

The German government showed outrage when it was learned the US had been spying on German government officials, including its leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel. But in the spy game, where reports show officials from around the world were aware of the deep intrusive power of electronic eavesdropping long before the Edward Snowden revelations, it turns out Germany was spying on the US and now Turkish officials, both NATO allies. German BND spied on Turkey The revelation that Turkey was the subject of spying by the German BND, the equivalent of the of the US CIA and NSA rolled into one,…