US leaked German eavesdropping

German magazine Der Spiegel reported last week that the German intelligence agency has been spying on Turkey since 2009. The very next day, Germany’s Ambassador to Turkey, Eberhart Pohl, was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, which thereafter released a written statement, calling the news “allegations.” Following Pohl’s meeting, I visited the ministry and talked to a top official in order to learn what lies beneath.

He started our conversation by validating the allegations. Then why has this fact been disclosed by a German magazine? The official surprisingly said the U.S. might have leaked this to the German press. Apparently the verb “might have” means “has” if it comes out of the mouth of a top official.

Then why has the U.S. done this? You will remember that it was leaked last October that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone had been monitored by the American NSA. This caused a major crisis between the two countries when Merkel reacted very strongly saying “spying among friends is not acceptable at all.”

Now the U.S. is taking revenge by revealing Germany’s dirty laundry. This is why the same news piece at Spiegel said Secretary of State John Kerry and his predecessor Hillary Clinton have also been eavesdropped on by Germany.

Then why did the U.S. use Turkey when taking revenge? This is not a coincidence at all. The very next day after the leak, the German press alleged that Turkey denied access to German planes carrying humanitarian aid to Yazidis to land at Ä°ncirlik Airbase. Yet, the Turkish Foreign Ministry denied this claim.

The same day, the German press also released information that Germany is getting ready to deliver military aid...

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