Germany May Have to Live With Espionage, Merkel Ally Says

Germany may have to tolerate espionage among allies even as it confronts public outrage over U.S. spying, according to an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel involved in a probe on intelligence gathering.

Roderich Kiesewetter, a legislator for Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union who sits on a parliamentary committee investigating U.S. National Security Agency surveillance, said efforts to lock in a “no-spy” agreement with the U.S. contradict the need to follow threatening developments in friendly states.