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Second 'suspected spy' in Germany Merkel NSA: Germany investigates new US spy case
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German authorities search home and office of second suspect alleged to have spied for US, media reports Prosecutors in Germany have searched the home of a defence ministry employee suspected of spying for the US, in the second such case in a week.
More to follow. Residential and office areas were searched in Berlin on Wednesday morning, the federal prosecutor in Karlsruhe said.
An intelligence agency employee was arrested this month for passing secret documents to the US intelligence.
The US promised on Monday to work to resolve the problem.
There were no reports of a new arrest on Wednesday.
The US has not denied allegations that the intelligence agency employee arrested earlier was passing secret documents to the US National Security Agency (NSA).
German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on Monday of the seriousness of the case: "It would be a clear contradiction of what I consider to be trusting co-operation" with the US.
The two countries, the biggest members of the Nato alliance, have been close allies for decades but relations were strained last year when it was revealed that the NSA had been monitoring Ms Merkel's mobile phone calls.
The scale of NSA surveillance was revealed by US whistleblower Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor who remains a fugitive in Russia.