The German Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the
U.S. ambassador in the wake of allegations that American intelligence
may have targeted Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone.
The
Ministry said Ambassador John B. Emerson is expected to meet Thursday
afternoon with Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who will “spell out
the position of the German government.”
The U.S. Embassy said it had no comment.
Merkel’s
government says she complained to President Barack Obama in a phone
call Wednesday after receiving information her cellphone may have been
monitored. The White House said it isn’t monitoring and won’t monitor
Merkel’s communications, but conspicuously didn’t say that they were
never monitored.
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