Cybersecurity
Spy Probe Sought by German Lawmakers Amid Merkel Phone Hacking
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German lawmakers called for an investigation of American spy activity as the U.S. denied a report that President Barack Obama had been informed about the hacking of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone in 2010.
A parliamentary investigative committee is “unavoidable,” Social Democratic General Secretary Andrea Nahles told Bild newspaper. German officials denounced U.S. eavesdropping after the latest disclosures about National Security Agency spying.