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Angela Merkel last year accused the National Security Agency of tapping her phone. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
The German government has asked the top US intelligence official in Berlin to leave the country, according to a politician from Angela Merkel's party.
The move comes in response to two reported cases of suspected US spying in Germany and the year-long spat over reported NSA spying in Germany.
Clemens Binniger, who chairs the parliamentary committee that oversees the intelligence services, told reporters on Thursday that "the government has asked the representative of the US intelligence agencies in Germany to leave the country as a reaction to the ongoing failure to help resolve the various allegations, starting with the NSA and up to the latest incidents."
