German authorities are investigating a second spy case reportedly involving the US, only\u00a0a week after the arrest of a German intelligence employee cast a new shadow over relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n
Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that police raided properties in the Berlin area on \u201cinitial suspicion of activity for an intelligence agency.\u201d They did not elaborate or specify what intelligence agency was involved, but said they had not made an arrest.<\/p>\n
The daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported, without naming sources, that the man being investigated worked in \u201cthe military field\u201d and is suspected of spying for the United States.<\/p>\n
SZ adds that the case is more serious than unrelated allegations against double agent at BND Federal Intelligence Service that emerged last week.<\/p>\n
A 31-year-old German intelligence employee was arrested last week on suspicion of spying for foreign powers since 2012. German media have reported he spied for the United States and offered his services to Russia.<\/p>\n
The U.S. ambassador to Berlin was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Friday after news of that case broke. He was asked to help clarify the case.<\/p>\n
Ambassador John B. Emerson was at the ministry again on Wednesday for a meeting with a senior official, said a German official who spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
Source: AP<\/p>\n
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