German Delegation to U.S. intelligence investigate wiretapping scandal

A delegation of the German intelligence officials on 30/10 was in Washington, to clarify allegations U.S. intelligence tracking of mobile phones Chancellor Angela Merkel.


According to the BBC , the foreign policy adviser Merkel and coordinator of German intelligence will have talks at the White House .
Until now, the leaders of the U.S. intelligence agencies still protected action tracking foreign leaders is a key objective of the campaign intelligence .
America is now faced with the growing anger after European press published information confirmed it had intelligence reconnaissance allies abroad.
Agency for National Security ( NSA ) allegedly spying for the French diplomats in Washington and the United Nations , and monitor millions of phone calls in France and Spain , as well as a spy some other U.S. allies .
But speaking before the House Intelligence Committee , NSA director Gen. Keith Alexander said " the claim ... that the NSA collects millions of phone calls is absolutely false ."
The disclosure of the material comes from by former U.S. intelligence officer Edward Snowden , who was living in Russia , the media provides .
German media said the U.S. was wiretapping of Merkel cell for more than a decade , and this works just ended a few months ago .
German delegation including Mr. Christoph Heusgen , foreign policy adviser to Merkel , and Günter Heiss agency coordinator Guenter Heiss German Secret Service , a spokesman for the National Security Council of the United States Caitlin Hayden confirmed.
In the U.S. , the national security adviser Susan Rice , the director of national intelligence James Clapper and assistant Lisa Monaco president for homeland security and counter-terrorism are also expected to attend .
Ms. Hayden said the meeting was part of an agreement reached between President Obama and Prime Minister Merkel last week on strengthening U.S. cooperation - German intelligence issues .