US: Cooperation with Germany Important Despite Spying Fallout

The White House said on Thursday it was essential that the United States and Germany continue to cooperate after Germany took the unusual step of expelling the top U.S. intelligence official in Berlin, a highly unusual rebuke to one of its closest allies in the midst of allegations that Washington hired German operatives to sell it secret documents. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said the unnamed spy "has been told to leave Germany" adding that  it was crucial...

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