Denmark’s secret service helped the US spy on European politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2012 to 2014.
The Defense Intelligence Service (FE) collaborated with the US National Security Agency (NSA) to gather information, writes BBC.
Intelligence was set up to investigate and spy on officials from Germany, France, Sweden and Norway.
Similar allegations were first made in 2013. At the time, secrets uncovered by Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had also tapped the German chancellor’s phone. When those allegations were made, the White House did not give a full answer, but said Merkel’s phone was not being tapped, as Germany is a close ally of the US.
The published report of the NSA interceptions states that the intelligence has entered the text messages and telephone conversations of a number of known individuals using Danish internet cables in cooperation with the Secret Service. Along with Merkel, the wiretaps also targeted then-German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and opposition leader Peer Steinbruck.
