| 2015-08-20 16:00:15 | sentences | site |
- The 32-year-old, identified only as Markus R due to privacy rules, is accused of offering his services to the CIA in early 2008 while working for Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND.
- "In return the accused received sums amounting to at least 95,000 ( 68,000) from the CIA."
- The discovery that the CIA had allegedly been spying on its German counterpart caused anger in Berlin, adding to diplomatic tensions between Germany and the US over reports about US surveillance of Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
- Following the arrest, the German government demanded the removal of the CIA station chief in Berlin.
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| 2015-08-20 12:53:51 | sentences | site |
- German spy charged with treason for aiding CIA and Russia
- BERLIN (AP) - Prosecutors have charged a German spy with treason, breach of official secrecy and taking bribes for allegedly providing secret documents to both the CIA and Russia's intelligence agency.
- In a statement Thursday, prosecutors say the man offered his services to the CIA in early 2008.
- He allegedly received 95,000 euros ($104,900) from the CIA before his arrest in July 2014.
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| 2015-08-14 12:26:07 | sentences | site |
- The two emails were marked classified after consultations with the CIA, which is where the material originated, officials said.
- The drone exchange, the officials said, begins with a copy of a news article that discusses the CIA drone program that targets terrorists in Pakistan and elsewhere.
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